PERAN LEMBAGA MASYARAKAT DALAM UPAYA PEMBERDAYAAN PETANI DAN STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN TANAMAN OBAT DI TAMAN NASIONAL MERU BETIRI

Abstract

This research is intended for identifying (1) the role of the community agencies in developing the medicinal plants, (2) the attempts of empowering the farmers in developing the medicinal plants, (3) the strategies of developing the medicinal plants at Curahnongko Village, Resort Andongrejo Meru Betiri National Park. This method of used descriptive, analytical, and qualitative methods. The key informants are taken purposively from the TNMB, KAIL, SPKP, Jaketresi, KETANMERAH. This data collection method used primary and secondary data. The data collection which is intended for finding out the field strength, is performed using the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) method. This research uses the descriptive qualitative with the Miles and Huberman models of data analysis and the field strength analysis as the method of analysis. The results of this research reveal that (1) the role of the community agencies in developing the medicinal plants is observable through the roles implemented by the community agencies to farmers. The role wich implemented are counseling and training sessions, seed support and, the arrangement of new groups of farmers (2) the attempt of empowering the society is performed through backing up the farmers, putting the farmers to participate into the programs implemented by the community agencies, arranging the farmers’ groups and family medicinal plants’ groups, (3) the strategies to implements are following the counseling and training sessions and doing market share partnership by farmers’ group. Marketing in group will be easier to do partnership with process herbals partners or another partners outside Curahnongko Village.