DYNAMICS OF SOCIO-ENTROPY FACTORS OF FARMING ACTORS IN A SOCIO-ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE IN THE AGROECOSYSTEM AREA OF PAGARALAM CITY PROTECTED AREA

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the dynamics of socio-entropy factors that affect the behavior, adaptation patterns, and socio-economic performance of farming actors in the agroecosystem area of the protected area of Pagaralam City from a socio-anthropological perspective. A qualitative approach with descriptive-analytical strategies is used to understand the meaning of social change and farmers' responses to environmental, economic, and spatial policy pressures. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, participatory observations, and documentation studies, then analyzed using socio-entropy concepts that explain the degradation of social order due to ecological and structural disruptions. The results of the study show an increase in social entropy, which is reflected in the weakening of group solidarity, a shift in the value of cooperation, and a change in economic orientation from the subsistence system to commercialization. However, there has also emerged a process of social negentropy in the form of collective innovation, simple technological adaptation, and the formation of new social networks that function to maintain social and ecological balance. This dynamic marks a change in values and social structures in the farming system that has implications for the sustainability of the agroecosystem of protected areas. Theoretically, this study broadens the understanding of the relationship between social entropy and farming systems, and emphasizes the importance of socio-anthropological approaches in formulating sustainable agricultural policies that are adaptive to environmental changes and the social characteristics of local communities.