Social Relations between Owner Farmers and Farm Workers

Abstract

Social relations between owner farmers and tenant farmers are not always exploitative - conflict, but can be harmonious - functional. The purpose of this study was to determine the social relationship and to determine the social dynamics between landowners and tenant farmers in Meli Village, Balaesang District, Donggala Regency. This research was conducted using qualitative research methods with descriptive research types. In this research process, the author also used data collection techniques in the form of observation interviews and documentation. The results of this study indicate that the majority of Meli Village people work in the rice field agricultural sector. Farmers are divided into two types, namely landowners and tenant farmers, where landowners need tenant farmers to work on their land. They act as the head of the family in earning a living to fulfil the family's needs. Social relations between landowners and sharecroppers are seen from the forms of social interaction and cooperation, the form of cooperation between the owner and the cultivator is seen in the owner farmer giving his land to be cultivated and the results will be shared with the sharecropper based on the profit sharing agreement.