Global Financial Crisis:its Impact to Rural Community

Organizing

Bina Desa/InDHRRA

Impact of The Crisis• Decreasing of Export• Triggering of inflation rate• Triggering of increasing prices of food, agriculture

inputs, fuel and other basic needs• Collapse of real sector • Mass Laid Off—flood back to their places of

origin in poor rural communities. More stress on families already struggling to feed themselves

• Collapse of rural informal sector• For Fishery; Increase of Indonesian debt to ADB

for ‘fishery sector development’

Impact to the Rural Communities(Peasant, Women and Artisan Fisher)

• Majority of rural community live in agriculture sector (small food producer). However, they did not get any benefit from the increasing price of food.

• In the contrary, cost of production is soaring up; -seed, fertilizer and other inputs-- peasant -fuel, ice and food for fishing, even they can’t fishing–

fisherfolk while selling price of their produce is lower:• Their income supported by off farm activities (small trader,

small enterprise etc) while the sector is collapse• Rural women should find other jobs that means adding

more work and working hours• Women are among the poorest and most disadvantaged

socially, economically and politically

Impact to the Rural Community Organizing

• The community is forced to look for income, difficult to find time for social activities and limited space for awareness raising efforts

• Decrease the community contributions for various capacity building activities

• More children working in the field for more income

Ways to challenge the crisis

• Community empowerment through Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Aquaculture using local available resources, local wisdom, where gender equality is recognized for sustainable livelihood

• Develop critical engagement among stakeholders with government for pro-poor policies and nation sovereignty