Land tenure system and utilization of Bengkok land in Indrokilo sub-village, Lerep Village, Semarang Regency

Abstract

Indrokilo sub-village in Central Java, Indonesia, has some assets including Bengkok land. As a customary land, it is also called as adat land and managed by village government of Lerep Village. The objective of the present study is to know the planning process in land utilization and the actors in the land tenure system. This research used an exploratory and descriptive method with time series approach. Furthermore, the result of this study showed that the on-going land utilization process uses the deliberation process. The agriculture program has been operated using Wanatani or agro- forestry concept where the multi-level concept is mutually beneficial among farmers. Community participation is promoted with the spirit of gotong-royong where the farmers contribute their time, materials and money to build communal shed based on collective effort during the constructions process. The seeds are obtained from Non- Government Organization. The secondary crops are cultivated by organic farming concept using feces of cattle as material or fertilizer and Biogas that is streamed to farmers' houses. The result revealed that the tenure system of customary land provides mutual benefits to the local government and farmers. Customary tenure has been recognized by the government as one of the land tenure systems and has been stipulated in the Law No. 5 of 1960.