Poverty Reduction Around the Coffee Citizens: Social Capital Optimization and Participative Planning of Creative Economic Empowerment in Jember Regency

Abstract

The reality of the poor in the vicinity of plantations and forestry also occurs in Jember Regency, including the poor surrounding coffee plantations mostly owned by Limited Plantation Companies (PTP). The problem is whether “self-capacity building” through optimizing the utilization of social capital and participatory planning empowerment The creative economy for the poor around the coffee plantations to cope with poverty has been done or not. Analysis of this data is necessary to obtain a picture of poverty alleviation community around the coffee plantation. Through analysis of this data then prepared action plan and implementation of action plan that have been prepared. In preparing action plans and implementation of community poverty reduction action plans around the coffee plantations are required Participant Rural Appraisal (PRA) methods. The results of this study provide a picture that poverty alleviation is still conventional, providing cash assistance. Poor people around the sugar cane plantations are not involved to alleviate their own poverty. Through optimizing the development of self-capacity and social capital, the poor surrounding sugarcane plantations can utilize various wastes of coffee plantations to welfare the family economy.