Legislative Legal Protection of Farmers Policy in the Effectiveness of Traditional Farmers Cultivation

Abstract

State must be able theto meet its basic needs, in the sense of food sovereignty within the state. Indonesia is constitutionally obliged to pay attention to legislative policies that ensure legal protection for farmers in support of food sovereignty. This study aims to find out how the state regulates in providing legal protection for farmers, policies on land and agricultural land sufficient for farmers in Indonesia. This research was conducted with normative juridical approach to study the legislative policy which regulates land allotment for agriculture and agricultural land area. By using the primary legal materials in the form of various provisions of the laws governing the allocation of land for agriculture. Techniques of collecting legal materials through library search in the form of manual library and digital library and descriptive analysis through the legislation approach. Results and pembahsannya: 1). Legal protection for farmers under Indonesian law, in general: legislative legislation on farmers' policies has not been supported by comprehensive, systemic, and holistic legislation, thus providing less legal certainty and justice for farmers and business actors in the field Agriculture; In particular: the provision of legal protection for traditional farmers is carried out in a farmer empowerment strategy, in the form of counseling and assistance in order to: a. Good cultivation, post harvest, processing and marketing procedures; B. Business feasibility analysis; And c. Partnership with Business Actors. 2). The policy of sufficient land and agricultural land for farmers in Indonesia should add the agricultural consolidation program in the whole value chain of production by affirming the policy of agricultural land area which is no more favorable to the business actor

Keywords: Legal protection, crop cultivation, traditional farmers.