Abstract—Palm oil plantation provides a positive impact on improving standards of living in the community and also potential for growth Indonesian economies. Nevertheless, there is the high level of smoke pollution that are caused by many hot spots in the palm oil plantation area during the dry season every year. The objective of this study to empower the community by providing the empowerment agent with adopting Islamic value to prevent palm oil plantation fires through public participant. To obtain a better understanding of public participation, the research analysed the study through informal discussions in qualitative research. Then, it is transformed into a technique that represented the many activities using data flow diagrams. The result revealed that reinforcement of the empowerment agent to prevent palm oil plantation fires is done through religion institutional such as mosques. Future research suggested conducting simulation modelling technique in order to evaluate the performance of empowerment agent in reducing smoke pollution in palm oil plantation fires through several performance attributes.

 

Index Terms—palm oil plantation, fire, data flow diagram, public participation, empowerment agent

Cite: Akbarizan, Fitra Lestari, Hisbun Nazar, Sri Murhayati, and Mawardi, "Empowerment Agent through Islamic Value in Preventing Palm Oil Plantation Fires Based on Public Participation," Journal of Advanced Agricultural Technologies, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 68-72, March 2017. Doi: 10.18178/joaat.4.1.68-72