86 Karakteristik Petani dan Kontribusi Hutan Kemasyarakatan (HKm) Terhadap Pendapatan Petani di Kulon Progo Characteristic of Farmer and Contribution of Community Forestry to Farmer’s Income in Kulon Progo Indah Novita Dewi 1* , San Afri Awang 2 , Wahyu Andayani 2 , & Priyono Suryanto 2 1 Balai Litbang Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan KM 16, Makassar 90243 2 Fakultas Kehutanan, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jl. Agro No. 1 Bulaksumur, Sleman 55281 * Email: indahnovitadewi@yahoo.com Jurnal Ilmu Kehutanan Journal of Forest Science https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/jikfkt HASIL PENELITIAN Riwayat naskah: Naskah masuk (received): 2 Januari 2017 Diterima (accepted): 22 Juni 2017 KEYWORDS community forestry CF contribution farmer’s income socio-economics Kulon Progo ABSTRACT One of the project that is held by Ministry of Forestry is Community Forestry (CF), which one is located in Kulon Progo. This research aim was to obtain the social-economic characteristic of CF farmers in Kulon Progo and to know the contribution of CF to their total earning. The data collection had been held from November 2013 until February 2014 and was collected by survey and interview to some members of CF groups. The data was analyzed by descriptive qualitative method. The results showed that the average of farmer’s age was 53; farmer’s education was in a low level as 53% were graduated from elementary school. The average of family member were 4 persons. The average of CF land was 2.128 m 2 and the average of farmers’s own land was 2.947 m 2 . That was meant that the farmer was near to be categorized as poor farmer. Seventy percent of farmers from production forest and 47.3% farmers from protected forest were categorized as very poor and poor. CF contribution towards farmer’s income was 6.4% in production forest and 4.8% in protected forest. The low contribution of CF implicated to improve farmer’s income through developing non-timber forest product as herbs and edible root and also potential for eco-tourism. INTISARI Salah satu program yang dikeluarkan Kementerian Kehutanan terkait pemberdayaan masyarakat adalah program Hutan Kemasyarakatan (HKm), yang salah satunya berlokasi di Kabupaten Kulon Progo. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui karakteristik sosial ekonomi petani HKm Kulon Progo dan kontribusi HKm terhadap pendapatan petani. Penelitian dilakukan mulai November 2013 sampai dengan Februari 2014. Data dikumpulkan melalui survei dan wawancara kepada anggota kelompok tani dan dianalisis secara deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan petani HKm rata-rata berusia 53 tahun, pendidikan petani rendah karena 53% lulusan SD. Rata-rata jumlah KATA KUNCI hutan kemasyarakatan kontribusi HKm pendapatan petani sosial-ekonomi Kulon Progo