Livelihood Strategies for Households of Bajo Ethnic Fishermen in Petoaha Village, Nambo District, Kendari City

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10.2991/978-2-38476-402-0_18How to use a DOI?

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Fishing Community; Bajo Tribe; Livelihood Assets; Livelihood Strategy

Abstract

This study aims to determine the livelihood strategy of the Bajo fisherman household in Petoaha Village, Nambo District, Kendari City. The determination of the research location was carried out purposively (intentionally) with the consideration that there are two groups of people living in the area, Petoaha Village and Petoaha Beach. The land petoaha people are generally inhabited by the Tolaki tribe (native farmers) while the coastal petoaha are generally inhabited by the Bajo tribe (seafarers-fishermen). Education and welfare in Petoaha are still minimal, especially in Petoaha Beach, so it is a special concern for the Kendari City government. Petoaha Village is a fishing area for ethnic Bajo whose income can decrease drastically when the famine season arrives (waves and strong winds). Bajo ethnic fishermen in this sub-district adapt to various livelihood strategies in meeting their daily needs. This research is a qualitative descriptive reearch, namely research that seeks to collect and explore data, both in the form of words and writings from the people observed to obtain the necessary data and then process and analyze it. The data collection method is by using literature as well as direct observation and interviews for facts based on the observations of researchers and documentation in the form of pictures or photographs. The research was carried out from July to August 2022 through in-depth interviews with 6 (six) fishermen as key informants. The determination of informants was determined deliberately based on the characteristics of the capital they owned, namely fishermen with large capital and boat owners (patrons), fishermen with medium capital, and fishermen with small capital (clients). The results of the study show that fishermen in Petoaha Village have different strategies for each fisherman. Fishermen who have large capital take on-farm strategies (patrons in fishing activities) and non-farm (owning kiosks). Capital fishermen are pursuing on-farm (fishing fishermen, shellfish collectors), off-farm (fish and shellfish sellers), and non-farm (construction workers) strategies. Meanwhile, fishermen with small capital take the strategy of on-farm (fishing fisherman) and off-farm (worker on board).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sukmawati Abdullah
AU  - R. Marsuki Iswandi
AU  - Iskandar Zainuddin Rela
AU  - Awaluddin Hamzah
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/05/14
TI  - Livelihood Strategies for Households of Bajo Ethnic Fishermen in Petoaha Village, Nambo District, Kendari City
BT  - Proceedings of The 3rd International Conference on Mathematics and Science Education (ICMSE-2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 185
EP  - 200
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-402-0_18
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-402-0_18
ID  - Abdullah2025
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