The Degeneration of Farmers: A Critical Ethnographic Case Study in Sawarna Banten

Abstract

A threat to the Indonesian strategic programs in Food Security and Food Sovereignty is the degeneration of famers. Self-sufficiency in food provision has long been Indonesian national strategic programs for years though the ongoing significant lost in farm households could be a call for the Indonesian local governments to find out how and why regeration of farmers is vital in maintaining the self-sufficiency. This critical ethnographic case study argued for social economic aspects influencing degeration of farmers to arise namely aging community ought to anricipate with multi approaches solutions. The research aims to provide deep realistic insights to degeration of farmers in Sawarna village and is expected to contribute to intellectual discourse in food security strategic responses.