The Future of Coffee Farmers: (Case: Coffee artisanal plantation in Baturetno Village, Dampit Sub-District, Malang District, Indonesia)

Indonesia is one of the largest coffee producing countries in the world. One of the coffee producing regions of Baturetno village, Dampit District, Malang Regency where 90% of the population work as coffee farmers. The... [ view full abstract ]

Indonesia is one of the largest coffee producing countries in the world. One of the coffee producing regions of Baturetno village, Dampit District, Malang Regency where 90% of the population work as coffee farmers. The artisanal coffee plantation in Baturetno has been existed since the Dutch colonial era. Unfortunately, until now the coffee plantation is not able to make the society of Baturetno become prosperous. Although global coffee market demand is getting higher, it does not make coffee prices at farmer level increase. The findings of this research is that Baturetnos’ coffee farmers had been resilience by taking the form of a transforming law into a growing norm, as "buka-tutup petik kopi” (open-close the coffee pick-up). But this norm is unable to address the issue of lack of access to markets, and the determination of the selling price of coffee from farmers. In the future, if there is no protection to coffee farmers, coffee farming in Baturetno will be a sustainable plantation but a poverty trap for its own farmers.