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  • Dryland Sustainable Livelihoods: Role of Clan and Customary Laws in West Timor, Indonesia

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    Tjoe, Yenny
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    Tjoe, Yenny
    Year published
    2016
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    Subsistence farming is one of the essential features of dryland regions to support people in coping with drought and rainfall variability. This paper examines the livelihoods of Atoin Meto, a tribal community that practices subsistence corn growing in dryland West Timor. It discusses the role of clan system and customary laws in the livelihoods of this tribal people. This study finds that the role of the Meto clan system and customary laws is twofold: It has contributed to reducing livelihood vulnerability in the region via the management of community forest resources and maintenance of members’ rights to access farmland and ...
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    Subsistence farming is one of the essential features of dryland regions to support people in coping with drought and rainfall variability. This paper examines the livelihoods of Atoin Meto, a tribal community that practices subsistence corn growing in dryland West Timor. It discusses the role of clan system and customary laws in the livelihoods of this tribal people. This study finds that the role of the Meto clan system and customary laws is twofold: It has contributed to reducing livelihood vulnerability in the region via the management of community forest resources and maintenance of members’ rights to access farmland and natural resources. On the other hand, it also provides the opportunity for a misuse of power by official village heads and hinders the process of development. Qualitative data were collected through group interviews, in-depth key informant interviews, and participant observation. This finding implies that in order for this tribe to increase its capacity for sustainable rural development in dryland regions, future development policy for this region needs to find ways and means to improve local governance and replace corrupt village officials.
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    Journal Title
    International Journal of Sustainability in Economic, Social and Cultural Context
    Volume
    13
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-1115/cgp/v13i01/1-19
    Copyright Statement
    © 2018 Common Ground Research Networks, Authors, All Rights Reserved. Permissions: support@cgnetworks.org. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher in The International Journal of Sustainability in Economic, Social, and Cultural Context. Yenny Tjoe, Dryland Sustainable Livelihoods: Role of Clan and Customary Laws in West Timor, Indonesia, Vol. 13, Issue 4, 2018, 81 pages. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version, https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-1115/CGP/v13i04
    Subject
    Sociology
    Rural sociology
    Other human society
    Sustainable livelihoods
    Clan belief
    Subsistance
    Village head
    Drylands
    Metro people
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/100612
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