Adaptation of Community Seaweed Farmer in Dealing with Climate Change (Case Study in the Village Seriwe District Jeroaru)

ADAPTATION OF COMMUNITY SEAWEED FARMER IN DEALING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE (CASE STUDY IN THE VILLAGE SERIWE DISTRICT JEROARU) Suparmin (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mataram) Abstract In the short term, this study aims to: 1) describe the behavior of fishermen in adapting to climate change, 2) describe patterns of distribution and allocation of working time, patterns of production and consumption patterns of households seaweed cultivators. The research method applied in this research is descriptive method that is designed in the form of survey research. To determine the behavior of fishermen in adapting to climate change used descriptive method, whereas to determine the pattern of distribution and allocation of working time, patterns of production and consumption patterns of households seaweed cultivators used descriptive method through simple tabulation. The study concluded that 1) the behavior of fishermen in adapting to climate change based on the results of many years experience, 2) the allocation of working time household fishermen increased as a result of additional seaweed farming activities, 3) Extra work time household fishermen an average of 90 hours in 1 year, 4) Source of household income derived from activities in fishing, then of seaweed cultivation, and a small portion comes from trade and labor, 5) the pattern of household expenditure fishermen still largely consumption and a small portion for productive activities