Conserving Environment Through Local Wisdom of Organic Vegetable Crops in West Java Indonesia Oda. I. B. Hariyanto
AKPAR BSI Bandung
Abstract
Until today, vegetable farmers still use inorganic fertilizer to fertilize the soil and chemical pesticide to eradicate pests. It is assumed to be quite practical and effective use inorganic fertilizer and chemical pesticide, is the most powerful to increase vegetables quantity. Without calculating negative impact towards environment and human health, also its impact towards green house gasses cumulatively cause global warming. A wise solution is back in the era before 1970, in that time farmers are very depends on local wisdom. Now, vegetable cultivation based on local wisdom has been four decades old abandoned by farmers, it is assumed to be ineffective and inefficiency towards development era. The aim of study is to explore and con-serve vegetables cultivation based on local wisdom to minimize the impact towards human and natural environment. Qualitative research method and ethnography approach used to analyze with this study reason and discuss about the latest actual and factual problems. Data produced is descriptive data that relates to local wisdom of Sundanese Culture in West Bandung. Agriculture based on local wisdom is not about something new, but after four decades are abandoned for farmer generation now is something new
Keywords: Organic Vegetables, Local Wisdom, Green Energy
