Empowerment of Coffee Farmers Though Social capital Construction in the Mandigu Mountain Area Mumbulsari Subdistrict Jember District

Abstract

This research, which was conducted in the mountainous forest area of Mandigu, Suco and Lampeji villages, Mumbulsari subdistrict, Jember district, aims to (1) describe how the social capital development efforts in the Mandigu forest area are; and (2) describe the impact of social capital on forest village communities, especially coffee farmers in the Mandigu mountain forest area.This study uses a qualitative approach as the main approach (predominantly qualitative). Data were collected through in-depth interviews, involved observation, and documentary studies. The results showed (1) the development of social capital empowerment of coffee farmers through: (a) paragliding sports media in the Mandigu mountain area into local communities: (i) access to forest land resources in cooperation with Perhutani; (ii) recruiting local service athletes; (ii) network and market activities; (b) the election of a very paradoxical informal figure, namely a former figure of forest thugs in the Mandigu mountain area as the leader of the community; (c) build role models that are committed to ethical values, can be trusted; honest; a giving mindset; mutual support, (d) development of mass banana and lemon cultivation to secure daily / weekly income (safety first) and (e) development of quality and trusted upstream and downstream coffee commodity networks with branding "Cadjoeng Coffee" with strict Implementation Operational Standards (SOP) . (2) The impact of the development of social capital on forest management in the Mandigu mountain area, among others (a) the first welfare, namely sustained weekly and monthly income (safety first) and means of sharing for poor families; (b) forests are managed in a sustainable manner from the aspect of the natural environment; social; and local culture; and safe from timber theft; (c) the development of quality upstream-downstream coffee cultivation with changes in harvest and post-harvest technology and culturally becoming farmers' dignity; (d) the development of sustainable forest agroecosystem; (e) a growing network of upstream-downstream triple coffee arrangements with the branding “Cadjoeng Coffee”; (f) The development of an international community of paragliding activities that is localized in the Mandigu area with a large multiplier effect on the welfare of farmers.