Symbolic Meaning: Lifestyle and Consumptive Behavior of Farmer Society During Tobacco Harvest Season in Temanggung

Thriwaty Arsal

2017

Abstract

Research Objectives: 1. Discovering the influence of tobacco harvest season for the economic condition of tobacco farming community. (2) Discovering the pattern of consumptive behavior of tobacco farming community during tobacco harvest season. (3) Discovering the pattern of economic behavior of community of farmer after the harvesting season of tobacco. The research used qualitative research method, data validity technique using triangulation of the data. Data analysis techniques includes: data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion or verification. Research result indicated that tobacco harvest season was able to increase economic income of farmers. The income was able to increase prestige and status and it was used to pay debt, to overly fulfill primary and secondary basic needs, to build and renovate the house, and to buy investment goods. After the harvest season, however, tobacco farmers tended to buy basic needs sufficiently and economize or sell their valuable goods or even owe to fulfill their basic needs. Suggestion: (1) The community has to be able to manage the income during tobacco harvest season wisely, so that in the next planting season they will not depend on debt to loan shark or bank. (2) The local government has to be able to supervise the tobacco trade so that any deception and price manipulation can be minimized.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Arsal T. (2017). Symbolic Meaning: Lifestyle and Consumptive Behavior of Farmer Society During Tobacco Harvest Season in Temanggung.In 2nd International Conference on Sociology Education - Volume 1: ICSE, ISBN 978-989-758-316-2, pages 242-246. DOI: 10.5220/0007096202420246

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icse17,
author={Thriwaty Arsal},
title={Symbolic Meaning: Lifestyle and Consumptive Behavior of Farmer Society During Tobacco Harvest Season in Temanggung},
booktitle={2nd International Conference on Sociology Education - Volume 1: ICSE,},
year={2017},
pages={242-246},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007096202420246},
isbn={978-989-758-316-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - 2nd International Conference on Sociology Education - Volume 1: ICSE,
TI - Symbolic Meaning: Lifestyle and Consumptive Behavior of Farmer Society During Tobacco Harvest Season in Temanggung
SN - 978-989-758-316-2
AU - Arsal T.
PY - 2017
SP - 242
EP - 246
DO - 10.5220/0007096202420246