TY  - JOUR
T1  - Source of Local Society Knowledge in Communication Ritual of Farming
Crops Indistrict of West Muna
AU - Tarifu, La 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
SP  - 740
EP  - 751
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2018.740.751
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2018.740.751
KW  - Systems of knowledge
KW  -communication
KW  -farmer
KW  -farming
KW  -crops
KW  -transmigration
AB  - The presence of local autonomy not only reduces central government intervention to theregion but
also it is much expected to have implications on the well-being in all areas of development including in
agriculture. The main determinant of behavior change in farming can be catalyzed by a variety of reasons,
among which is the interpenetration of knowledge, both of the local government system, the interaction
between farmers and through the intervention of extension workers. This research uses qualitative descriptive
approach. This study aimed to describe the source of local society knowledge in communication rituals of
farming in West Muna. The informants of the research involving informants, 31 informants, the Head of
Agriculture, Live Stock and Forestry Department of West Muna and four extension workers of farm crops, 23
farmers, opinion leaders as many as three people from Javanese, Balinese and local ethnic whose scattered at
12 villages. The results shows that the communication rituals of the local community in West Muna, especially
in farming, the content that often be exchanged by community is about the messages including how to process
the land, seeding, pest and weed and harvest behavior and post-harvest. Source of local society knowledge
in communication ritual of farming crops in district of West Muna occurred in the primary communications
mechanism. Ritual primary communication of local communities in the delivery of messages farming occurs in
one direction and two directions which are derived from naturalistic symbols, opinion leaders, transmigration
farmers and extension workers.
ER  -