FROM EXTRACTION TO MANUFACTURE: A SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION OF A RATTAN DEPENDENT COMMUNITY IN SAMARINDA, EAST KALIMANTAN

• Main Authors: , Aris Pudji Hadi, , Prof. Dr. R. Rijanta, M.Sc.
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2012
• Subjects: ETD
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/118504/; http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=58476
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

For centuries, the rattan has been most intensively cultivated by local inhabitants in Samarinda. This commodity seemingly brought relatively small benefits since it was still traded to other regions or abroad in the form of raw material. There is a better change in the rattan utilization in the recent years. People do not only exploit raw rattan, but they initiate to process it become semifinished or finished products. A great expectation addressed to this transformation that not only it could improve the value-added of rattan, but also the level of people�s prosperity in producing areas might be optimally increased. With a spirit of developing rattan industry, the author tries to define the reasons why people transform in the rattan utilization from extraction to manufacture. The researcher also hopes to be able identify what factors conditioning it. The author has employed both qualitative method and descriptive analysis. The in-depth interview has been conducted to explore the respondent�s opinion. The respondents are a few of rattan craftspersons in Samarinda as the target sample. The findings show that several reasons have led the people change their attitude and behavior in the use of rattan. These reasons include the better income generation, the limited supply of farm land, keeping family�s business, other person�s invitation, the motivation of having an own business, and the sense of responsibility to preserve and promote the traditional handicrafts. The identifications indicate that various factors have triggered the transformation in rattan utilization. These factors are the factors of production, the mass-media publication, the development of infrastructure and facility, the technological innovation of machinery, the influence of culture and custom, the policy and program of government, and private sector and institution. government is supposed to be consistent in the implementation of the ban o The Indonesian n raw rattan exports to control the supply of raw material and increase the productivity of domestic rattan industry. The sustainable forest management program also must be held seriously to secure the stock of rattan resources. In order to the supply of raw material could meet the demand of domestic rattan industry continuously. A great expectation that the transformation in rattan utilization is more increased so the domestic rattan industry is also more developed and could be prepared to compete with other exporters in the global market.