Women, Rainfall Anomalies and Sources Utilization of Corn Farmers' Households in Babar Islands, Southwest Maluku Regency

Abstract

The anomaly of rainfall has an impact on the growing season and the corn farming process. This study aims to analyze the position of women in the utilization of household sources of income for corn farmers' household livelihoods when facing anomaly of rainfall. Data analysis was carried out descriptively qualitatively on research data in Babar Islands with Emroing Village and Letsiara Village as sample villages. The results showed that the fishery sector only contributed 11.1% to the household income of farmers, the service sector contributed (18.5%), and the agricultural sector contributed 70.4% to household income. The high contribution of the agricultural sector was contributed by food commodities of 46.3 percent. Women acitivities in agricultural sectors include palnting, tending, and harvesting. It turns out that the food commodity is dominated by corn which is akways attempted to maintain production, seed aviability, and household income to sustainability.