The advantage of the Climate Field School For Farmer in Indonesia

The research was conducted in two regencies in Indonesia: Indramayu, West Java and Kupang Timur, Nusa Tenggara Timur. It is intended to give a description of how the Climate Field School for Climate Change was set-up from the beginning to the way it was finally running. Factoring in the choice of the location, the attendees, the syllabus, and other important matters. This paper also hopes to be able to tie the poverty issue with the climate change. The research found that the Climate Field School for Climate Change not only gave additional knowledge to farmers, but it also helped bring back the farmers recollections about very relevant local knowledge that they may have forgotten, such as the ability to predict the weather patterns that the next season brings. This had given farmers confidence and knowledge that had translated into high productivity in recent years. Unfortunately this year, the season pattern was extremely different from the past. The farmers had to suffer incredible losses due to crop failure. This was not only impacted materially, but also brought to question the credibility of the knowledge the farmers gained from the Climate Field School.