Kearifan Ekologi Orang Baduy dalam Konservasi Padi dengan "Sistem Leuit"

Abstract

Based on ecological history, in the past before introducing the commercialization of the wet-rice cultivation through the Green Revolution program, the farmers of wet-rice cultivation systems of West Java and Banten predominantly stored the harvested rice in the rice barn (leuit). Nowadays, the rice-barn systems, however, have nearly disappeared in West Java and Banten. Although it has almost extinct in West Java and Banten, the Baduy community who reside in the village of Kanekes, sub-district of Leuwidamar, district of Lebak, South Banten, has strongly maintained the tradition of storing the swidden rice in the rice barns that is strongly embedded by culture and sustainable system. This paper discusses ecological wisdom of Baduy people in the conservation of the rice through the rice barn system. Method used in this study was qualitative with ethnoecological approach was applied. The result of