Shifting Cultivation of Arfak Farmer in Somi and Indisey Villages

Abstract

Shifting cultivation of Arfak farmer is a traditional planting which they inherited from their ancestor. This research aims to explain the environmental condition of shifting cultivation in Indisey and Somi villages and the barriers in socio-economy, social capital, and human capital. This research applies a cross-sectional study which is taken in a short period of time and done step by step to get certain points that lead to a clear conclusion. The results of the study show that shifting cultivation condition in Indisey and Somi villages have the fertility soil signed by the existing of trees called Bembuk and Ciskua. The farmworkers are their own family members and there are job divisions between men and women. There is also a traditional policy called Igya ser hanjob to manage the social life and natural resources of Arfak ethnic. The result of study also shows that the socio-economic condition of Arfak's community is started to improve. They are generous people who would love to give after they fulfilled their own needs. They open to new things and would like to learn from others. If there is conflict, it is due to the culture shock of local people when they have to follow the government program namely resettlement and the land demand of the palm oil expansion.