Local Regulation Design on the Protection and Empowerment of the Farmer Based on Law as a Tool of Social Empowering

Abstract

Farmer has been giving real contribution upon development of agriculture and development of rural economic. The bigness contribution mentioned inversely proportional to the problem suffered by the farmer on field.It is happen the huge amount of decreasing on the number of agriculture’s family and the increasing of the agriculture company number beside the issued of land availability and the present of agricultural facility. Therefore, local government must present with applying the regulation in favour of the farmer. The object of this paper is to described the design of Local Regulation on The Protection and Empowerment of The Farmer. Using the doctrinal approach and legislation theory along with the concept of ‘hukum pengayoman’ and ‘hukum progresif’, produced a design of local regulation as follows: 1). Local Regulation on The Protection and Empowerment of The Farmer must started from real problem which generally occur in a region with basis on it’s enactment upon philosophical, sociological, and juridical aspects (problem based regulation); 2). The role of Local Government, business world and college along with society self-supporting institutions shall given in space of arrangement so that can be related and configurated to achieved the protection and empowerment of the farmer; 3). Giving space acces widely and facilities upon the farmer along with easy of for farmers on doing their betterment and business expansion.

Keywords: Farmer, protection, empowerment, design, local regulation.