Tradisi dan Perubahan Budi Daya Pohon di Desa Rambahan Kuansing dan Desa Ranggang Tanah Laut (Tradition and Change of Tree Cultivation in Rambahan Kuansing and Ranggang Tanah Laut Villages)

<p>The phenomenon of widespread tree cultivation by local community in some countries during the last three<br />decades has been explained by researchers with a macro perspective. This study is to understand the phenomenon<br />at the micro level and from the native (peasant or farmer) point of view. This study aims to explain the tradition<br />and changes in tree cultivation. Theoris economic system were used as the basis to explain the tradition and<br />changes in tree cultivation in Rambahan village community of the Kuansing District and Ranggang Village<br />community of Tanah Laut District. Case study method was used in this study. The data were collected from<br />informants through individual interviews and focused group discussions. The results of this study show that the<br />cultivation of trees has been practiced and institutionalized in the everyday lives of local people and passed<br />down from generation to generation, as well as a source of socio-economic stability of families. Factors that<br />farmers take into consideration in the selection of tree crops to be cultivated are price, easy to sell, harvesting<br />intensity, knowledge and skills, labor availability (particularly family labor), and capital availability. The<br />results of this study also indicate that some elements of the economic system of Ranggang and Rambahan<br />communities have the characteristics of capitalism adherent, while some other elements have the characteristics<br />of pre-capitalism. In other words, two communities are in a transition between pre-capitalism and capitalism as<br />shown in the practice of tree cultivation.</p><p>Keyword: tree cultivation tradition, tenancy system of land and tree, pre-capitalism community, Kuansing, Tanah Laut