The vulnerability of fishermen's community and livelihood opportunity through drought and seasonal changes in border area of Indonesia-Timor Leste

2nd International Symposium on Marine and Fisheries Research

地球科学;农业科学

Jayanti, A.D.^1 ; Fitriya, W.^1 ; Setyobudi, E.^1 ; Budhiyanti, S.A.^1 ; Suadi, S.^1 ; Kune, S.J.^2

Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jl. Flora, Bulaksumur Sleman Yogyakarta, Indonesia^1

Universitas Timor, Kota Kefamenanu, Timor-Tengah-Utara-Regency-Nusa-Tenggara-Timur, Indonesia^2

关键词: Agriculture sectors;    Coastal communities;    Descriptive analysis;    Ecosystem degradation;    Gain information;    Livelihood opportunities;    Local government;    Small-scale fisheries;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/139/1/012030/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/139/1/012030

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Communities that live in coastal areas in Indonesia are affected by the ecosystem degradation because their livelihoods majority depends on ecosystem's services. Fishermen in Timor Tengah Utara Regency depends on their livelihood on fish catches and crops. TTU Regency is known as a place with drought. Agriculture sector and fisheries play the central role of communal livelihood. This research was conducted to gain information and baseline study to support the intervention scheme reducing the vulnerable level of coastal communities. This research was conducted in Insana Utara, Biboki Moenleu and Biboki Anleu District. The social-ecological and statistic descriptive analysis were undertaken and involving 53 fishermen, 4 women groups, 11 clan's elder and staffs of local government as the respondents. The data shows that the majority of the fishermen are small-scale fisheries commercial fishermen and possess a high level of vulnerability. The factors that are mostly affected the fishermen livelihood is the job diversification as farmers which is primarily supported by the crops and rely on the rainfall. The vulnerable context of fishermen in TTU can be reduced by optimizing and enhancing communal institution capacity and increasing the cooperation among the stakeholders and government also women participation.