TYPES AND EFFECTIVENESS OF ADAPTATION STRATEGIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE: LESSON LEARNED FROM DAERAH ISTIMEWA JOGYAKARTA

Abstract

This paper consist of types of adaptation strategies and its effectiveness of the
various adaptation strategies carried out by farmers in Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. The
research done during 2011 fiscal year, data collected from 10 groups of farmers
experienced with floods and 10 groups with drought impact of climate change and the
information presented descriptively. The effectiveness of adaptation strategies evaluated
through the ratio of income to cost of rice production (R/C), both for adaptation conditions
(R/Ca) and normal conditions (R/Cn). For flood, types of anticipative adaptation were
changing commodities, changing planting system and making drainage channels and
maintaining/deepening of drainage channels. The responsive adaptation were cropping
pattern adaptation, changing commodities, planting submerged of resistant seed of rice and
implementing appropriate dose of fertilizer. For drought, anticipative adaptation were
making a dam, creating joined or share wells and provides drilled/pump wells. The
responsive adaptation were changing Varieties and commodities. The effectiveness
strategy adaptation on flood were effective, with value of R/Ca ratio 1:09 while R/Cn 1:56.
In drought adaptation almost effective since the value of R/Ca 0.93 and R/Cn 1:48.