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8 Technium Soc. Sci. J. 200 (2020)
An Analysis on Farmer Rights in International Trade under Indonesian Law

handle is hein.journals/techssj8 and id is 200 raw text is: Technium Social Sciences Journal Vol. 8, 200-204, June 2020 ISSN: 2668-7798 SOCIAL SCIENCES JOURNAL www.techniumscience.com An Analysis on Farmer Rights in International Trade Under Indonesian Law Moch Najib Imanullah Faculty of Law, Universitas Sebelas Maret imanullahnajib@yahoo.com Abstract. The aims of this research were to examine the legal protection on the farmer rights in international trade under Indonesian law. The research was important to provide various alternative solutions over the problem of inabilities of farmer to be a subject of international trade and to review whether the Indonesian Government gave legal protection to farmer rights. It was an empirical legal research, which using primary and secondary data. Primary data was collected from the respondents and informants while the secondary ones were taken from primary and secondary legal materials. The validity of data used sources triangulation method while all of data were analysed by analysis of editing style through legal interpretation. The result showed that Indonesian Government through enactment of its legislation has not been providing the legal protection to the farmer rights in international trade optimally. Moreover, this study was expected to contribute in reforming over legislation that regulates the protection of farmer rights. Keywords: farming, farmer rights, international trade, legal protection 1. Introduction Indonesia is one of the biggest agricultural countries in the world. Agricultural sector has been providing a major contribution in economy, particularly in increasing the national income. Contribution of agricultural sector to gross domestic product was about 20% at 2002 and from 210 million populations of Indonesia, it is about 150 million people living from agriculture crops, fisheries, livestock, crops, and forestry (Karwan A Salikin, 2003). However, the agricultural sector also has many problems. One of them is regarding to the farmer welfare and the recognition of farmers' rights. Although farmer is a key actor in agricultural sector, but so far they have not paid adequately. In the context of free trade, the issue of readiness of Indonesian farmers being examined whether they are capable to be a subject of international trade, or just going to be neglected. Therefore, the Indonesian Government needs to provide legal protection over farming and the farmer rights as a subject of international trade. Noting the phenomenon above, it is important to conduct research in purposing to identify the legal problems regarding to implementation of protection on farmers rights in international trade, the factors causing, the measures made by the Government in addressing that issues and also formulate regulation that is capable to provide legal protection optimally. This study initiated by describing the phenomenon of condition of farmers having less protected their rights in international trade, the method of this study, then followed by presenting the results and findings, analysis of the data, and finally draw conclusions. 200

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