Climate change and farmers' cropping patterns in Cemoro watershed area, Central Java, Indonesia

International Conference on Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunity on Environment Degradation Researches

地球科学;生态环境科学

Sugihardjo^1 ; Sutrisno, J.^1 ; Setyono, P.^2 ; Suntoro^1

Agricultural Faculty, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia^1

Mathematics and Natural Science Faculty, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Jl. Ir, Sutami 36A, Solo

57126, Indonesia^2

关键词: Cropping patterns;    Descriptive analysis;    Indonesia;    Local government;    Rainfall patterns;    Watershed areas;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/129/1/012033/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/129/1/012033

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Cropping pattern applied by farmers is usually based on the availability of water. Farmers cultivate rice when water is available. If it is unavailable, farmers will choose to plant crops that need less water. Climate change greatly affects to farmers in determining the cropping pattern as it alters the rainfall pattern and distribution in the region. This condition requires farmers to adjust the cropping pattern so that they can do the farming successfully. This study aims to examine the application of cropping patterns applied by the farmers in the Cemoro Watershed, Central Java, Indonesia. Descriptive analysis approach is employed in this research. The results showed that farmers' cropping pattern is not based on the availability of water. However, it adopts a habit that has been practiced since long time ago or just adopt others farmer's habit. The cropping pattern applied by irrigated paddy farmers in Cemoro watershed area consists of two types: rice-rice-rice and rice-rice-secondary crops. Among those two types, most farmers apply the rice-rice-rice pattern. Meanwhile, there are three cropping patterns applied in the rain-land, namely rice-rice-rice, rice-rice-secondary crop, and rice-rice-fallow. The majority of farmers apply the second pattern (rice-rice-secondary crops). It was also found that farmers' cropping pattern was not in accordance with the recommendation of the local government.