http://www.fao.org/asiapacific/events/detail-events/en/c/1262/ Presentation of Masroni from Nuasantara Farmer’s movement, describing farmers adaptation to climate change. The presentation was prepared and delivered in occasion of the Regional Symposium on Agroecology in Asia and the Pacific, held in Bangkok, Senegal on 24-26 November 2015. © FAO: http://www.fao.org

1. Experience Farmer Organization
for adaptation to climate change
Multistakeholders Consultation on Agroecology in Asia and the Pacific
24-26 November 2015, Bangkok, Thailand
MASRONI
IPPHTI Indramayu/Gerakan Petani Nusantara
Indonesian IPM Farmers’ Association/Nusantara Famers’ Movement

2. Background
• Indramayu is one of the rice
production center in Indonesia,
located in North Coast of Java
Island
• Total rice production in
Indramayu is 1,3 million mt/year
• IPPHTI Indramayu – local farmer
organization of Integrated Pest
Management – Field School

3. Impact of climate change in rice
plantation :
• Long dry season – hot temperature
38 -50oC
• Uncertainity of water avaliability for
irrigation
• Explosion of pest and disease
• Slow or stunting plant growth
• Delayed time planting – 1 month
Impact Of Climate Change

4. • Farmers should be aware
and understand the
impact of climate change
• IPPHTI built cooperation
with Department of
Anthropology, University of
Indonesia
• We develop strategy for
adaptation to climate
change
IPPHTI Initiatives

5. • What are the indicators of :
– Rain will start to fall?
– Rainy season will soon arrive?
• How much rainfall per month?
Per year? (ml)
• When do floods occured and how
many per year? When does
drought happened ?
• What kind of pest and disease
that usually occurs in rainy season
and dry season?
• Etc
Strategy : What we learned?

6. Rainfall Observation
3 farmers as observer
From 50 farmer groups
24 sub-district
(of total 33 sub-district)
In Indramayu
• Observe rice field : weather,
rainfall, pest and disease and
plant growth
• Collecting data of rainfall : every
morning 6-8 am
• Collecting data of
agroecosystem every 10 days
• Evaluation end meeting every
30 days

7. • Based on the observations
and data collected 
monthly meeting
– Collecting all data in data
center (warung Informasi)
– Discussing problem and finding
from the rice field
– Planning for adaptation :
• Option of varieties base on
specific location
• Option of land and plant
management
• Acceleration or delaying  time
planting
Plan for Adaptation

8. Flow of Information
Information
Center
Regional
Coordinator
Evaluation
3 dasa harian
Primary
plants
Rice tillers
information information
DH 1
DH 2
DH 3monitoring
Field Data
Data Center
Farmers Adaptation
Field Observation

9. • Key experiences of success
– Farmers have their own data series on rainfall and other
agroecosystem data from 2010-2015 (5 years)
– Farmers have strategy for adaptation to climate change impact – avoid
pest and diseases, determine suitable rice veriety, method and time
planting.
• Innovations have been developed in these systems :
– The first dan the only farmer organization that has data series on
rainfall and other agroecosystem
– Developed practical agrocology solutions base on local conditions
– Model of large scale farmers action research on climate change
• Potential to be devoloped for agroecological solutions:
– need to replicate to other district with similar characteristics at
lanscape scale
– Need to be supported with information technology, data will be
accessible for farmers at large
– Fill the gaps of government data on climate at local level
Lesson Learned

10. • Need to promote adaptation to climate
change at large
• Farmers need network and collaboration
at national – Indonesia scale
• 30 September 2015 : farmers leaders from
28 districts in Java and Lampung agree to
develop Gerakan Petani Nusantara (GPN)
– national farmers network on
agroecology
• Sharing “farmers action research” in GPN :
– greater and broader benefit
– more data on agroecosystem and
climate
From Local to National Network

11. Thank You