POTENSI USAHA TANI DAN MODAL SOSIAL PETANI UNTUK PENGEMBANGAN AGROWISATA DI DESA SANDA, PUPUAN-TABANAN

Abstract

Sanda Village has the potential to be developed as an object of agro-tourism because of the diversity of farming business consisting of coffee, coconut, cocoa, clove and natural beauty with rice terraces on a mountainous background. The development of community-based agro-tourism is believed to provide benefits for the welfare of farmers, because it provides employment and community business opportunities. As one of the economic empowerment offorts of rural communities, the development of agro-tourism in Sanda Village requires support and efforts to optimize the resources owned, both human and natural resources. In the context of human development, social capital has a large influence in terms of the ability to solve the complexity of shared problems, encourage change, foster collective awareness and look for opportunities for prosperity. Social capital in the village of Sanda is able to strengthen mutual trust in the community. Actualization of social capital for the development of agro-tourism in Sanda Village will be able to create mutual respect between individuals and groups in the synergy of business activities.