Analysis Of labor Allocation And Income Contribution Of Agroforestry Systems To The Farmer House Holds At Gunung Walat Educational Forest

Abstract

Before 1997's economic crisis in Indonesia, tocal people surrounding the Gunung Walat Education Forest {GWEF) lived mainly from farming activities on their own land and non- farm activities outside their vitlages, such as mining Labor, construction labor, etc. Private land was maria@ by local farmers in form of rice field and gardens. Economic crisis - and then political crisis in Indonesia- have caused the leaping of prices which then drive the local people surrounding the GWEF to encroach the forest area to fulfill their need especially for staple food. So that the local farmers cleared forest area and planted rice, cassava, corn, etc. Now various farming systems have to be managed by the farmen to fulfill their househotd needs. It means that the farmer household must allocate their time and labor force more than before the economic crisis.