The Tanjung Kemala Lampung Indigenous Farmers Group Strengthens the Struggle for Agrarian Reform Through Goat Farming  

The Buay Nyurang Marga Waysemah Indigenous Community in Tamansari Village has owned and cultivated their customary land for generations, dating back hundreds of years before independence. However, post-independence, in 1974, the community faced a unilateral claim by a state-owned plantation company (PTPN VII), which annexed their land. Consequently, the community was no longer able to control and utilize their land as a source of livelihood. Furthermore, the land was found to have been underutilized and even neglected by the company. At the same time, the community began to realize that the company did not have a HGU (land use permit).

Therefore, after the reforms, the community began reclaiming their land, eventually regaining control of 329 hectares. While cultivating their land, the community still faced agrarian conflicts. People planting on their land were once summoned by the Pesawaran Police for allegedly disrupting plantation activities. To ensure this situation does not continue, the community is pushing for land recognition and ownership through land redistribution policies.

Furthermore, considering the condition of the land they had successfully acquired, which was abundantly covered in grass and suitable for developing a livestock business, the community, through the Tanjung Kemala Traditional Farmers Group, agreed to develop a collective goat farming business with 40 goats, consisting of 36 females and 4 males, on an area of ​​approximately 650 m². By the program's completion, the goats had successfully given birth twice in the first three months. The community also prepared approximately 300 m² of land to ensure the availability of livestock feed. The goal is to improve the economy of communities vulnerable to poverty due to the impact of agrarian conflict and to strengthen the solidarity of the agrarian reform movement in continuing to fight for their land rights.

As a result, 70 farmers in the Traditional Farmers group have improved their skills and knowledge about goat farming, including how to maintain healthy and productive livestock, prepare affordable fermented feed that still meets their nutritional needs, and process livestock manure into organic fertilizer that can be used on their farms or sold. Another impact is an increased collective awareness among the community regarding the struggle for land rights. The group has begun to be recognized by the village government and the livestock department as an example of a strong and sustainable community business model. In fact, other village youth groups have begun to learn and emulate this business model.