GOAL
The welfare of forest periphery communities is improved through the development of efficient-biomass stove for coconut sugar farmers as a measure of climate change mitigation in Banyumas.

OBJECTIVES
Objective 1 : Awareness of coconut sugar farmers is increased in conserving forest as a source of biomass and climate change mitigation
Indicators : - Coconut sugar farmers understand the function of forests in mitigating climate change
- Sugar farmers are involved in the development of biomass sources and the conservation of forests to mitigate climate change
Activities : 1. Training on participatory planning
a. Dissemination of forest conservation, conservation of biomass sources and mitigation of climate change.
- This dissemination is intended to provide understanding to sugar farmers of the importance of forests functions for human life especially as a source of biomass and ways of sustainable use of forests as climate change mitigation efforts. The dissemination is carried out through community meetings of coconut sugar farmers in three target villages with the screening of documentary films and discussion to strengthen the understanding and to find out the current condition of the forests in the area of the village. The event is going to be hold in the beginning of the program, implemented in one day and will be attended by 35 participants of coconut sugar farmers.

b. Mapping of critical land and land rehabilitation
- As a follow-up of dissemination, participatory mapping activities of critical land and land rehabilitation in the three villages are carried out. This participatory mapping is done in form of a 2-day mini workshop and will be attended by 25 participants in each of its implementation. The mapping will discuss the matter on the history of village forest, the current state of forest village, the development of critical land maps, the plan development of land rehabilitation and the choice of plants for land rehabilitation. Types of plants will be focused on economically productive plants and ones that could be used as source of sustainable biomass fuels. At the end of this mapping, a follow up plan to make a nursery and a model of community forest area for land rehabilitation is hopefully developed

c. Preparation of Village Nurseries (KBD, Kebun Bibit Desa) of community forest
- After the participatory mapping of critical land is carried out, KBD of community forest is then established based on the selected plants for land rehabilitation. KBD of community forest is targeted to make seedlings of various types of plants, reaching to 15,000 seedlings of mangosteen tree, selatri, coffee and albasia tree. The land area needed for the nursery is 400 square meters. The implementation of KBD of community forest establishment will be conducted in groups and managed independently with monthly enrichment planting.

d. Establishment of model area of biomass-sources community forest
- After village nurseries of community forest produce seedlings that are ready for planting, model area of community forest in each village of targeted program is established. This will develop several models of the cropping pattern in land rehabilitation that will lead to sustainable use of crops in economical manner and also act as sources of biomass fuel.

e. Goat provision as source of fertilizers and biomass
- Provision of goats is intended as a productive business activities of F-KPG and will be managed in 3 (three) target villages. The presence of goats will also act as a source of new income for farmers besides coconut sugar. Goats will be managed communally in integrated manner with KBD and act as a source of organic fertilizer that can be used for fertilization as well. Branches as the feed residue can also be used as a source of biomass that will be used as fuel to cook nira (the liquid sapped from the coconut's young flowers).
In addition to that, feed residue can also be used to make organic briquettes. The organic briquettes are then expected to be a substitute for kerosene. The manufacture of briquettes becomes a sub activity in the overall activity, consisting of 3 packages of briquette-manufacturing program on each of those 3 target villages.
While the system of the goat management that will be used is a rolling (gaduhan) system. The provision of 15 goats will be distributed in 3 (three) villages and each village manages 5 goats.

f. Monitoring and Evaluation
Program will run well and able to meet the expected objectives if there are monitoring and evaluation processes carried out both internally and externally. Monitoring is geared to ensure that the performance of the program can be run in accordance with the prior terms while the evaluation is geared to overcome the shortcomings and weaknesses of the program.
Monitoring and evaluation activities will be carried out for 4 times in 1 year. Monitoring and evaluation will be conducted in a participatory manner involving the subject of the program (read: program implementers and beneficiaries) and other parties (read: funders party / GEF) related with this program.
g. Training on Financial Management
- Kegiatan pelatihan akan One of success indicators of the program is a good financial condition. To make a good financial condition, a good financial management is required as well. Within that framework, the implementer of the program sees that capacity building of financial management is important, thus providing training on financial management.
The training activities will be provided by GEF where one participant of the financial manager in the organization will be involved in the training agenda.
Objective 2 : Biomass-efficient stove for cost efficiency of coconut sugar production is developed and deforestation rate is reduced.
Indicators : - Coconut sugar farmers are able to identify local resource for biomass -based fuels
- Coconut sugar farmers are able to develop biomass-efficient stoves
- The manufacture of biomass-efficient stove in coconut sugar farmers level is disseminated and run
Activities : a. Workshop on development of biomass fuel for sugar farmers
- The workshop is aimed to convince the farmers of the importance of biomass fuels development for their business and the importance of utilizing biomass sources in a sustainable manner. The material will be discussed in this workshop are the sources of biomass fuel, sustainable utilization of biomass, application of biomass utilization for fuel and for model development of biomass fuel. This workshop will be carried out in 1 day and will be attended by 30 participants of coconut sugar farmers from KPG (Coconut Sugar Farmers Group) representatives in 3 target villages which are Sokawera Village, Sunyalangu and Gununglurah Village.
- After a comparative study, the manufacture of biomass efficient stove model in each target village is carried out. Manufacture of these models as a medium of learning directly to the farmers of sugar in the manufacture of technical-efficient biomass stoves. So that farmers have the ability to directly in the manufacture of efficient biomass stoves. Besides modeling will also be a demonstration at the village level so that it is technically easy passage of replication at the level of sugar palm farmers.
b. Comparative study of the manufacturing of biomass-efficient stoves
- To study the application of biomass fuel in the stove technically in a more solid way, a comparative study to other institutions and community who have used biomass stoves and fuels is carried out. Dian Desa and community of biomass user in Jogjakarta area will be the place of the comparative study. This study will be done for 2 full days and attended by 10 participants.
c. Models manufacture of biomass efficient stove
- After comparative study, the manufacture of stove model is carried out in each target villages. This model manufacture is a direct learning media for sugar farmers in making biomass efficient stove on technical level. Thus, farmers will have the hands on experience and ability to manufacture the stove. In addition to that, the model manufacture will be a pilot program in village level, therefore technically, the replication in the level of sugar farmers will become easier.
d. Documentary film making on dissemination of biomass efficient stoves
- To facilitate widespread replication in farmers level, a medium to provide a fast understanding both on technical and substance of the manufacture of biomass efficient stoves is needed, thus a documentary movie will be made. The material in this documentary will be about sustainable use of biomass, biomass sources and climate change mitigation as well as technical matters on the manufacture of biomass efficient stove. Documentary movie on biomass-efficient stoves will be done in 1 full month by involving coconut sugar farmers as subjects of the film directly
e. Manufacture of biomass efficient stove for rolling stimulants
- After the rolling model of stove manufacture is structured, it is necessary to have the presence of stimulant to ensure the running of biomass-efficient stove manufacture on a rolling basis. Provision of assistance is in the form of five stoves to each group which will be rolled internally in the group. The rolling mechanism of biomass efficient stoves is adjusted to the mechanism and the agreement within the groupS

EXPECTED OUTPUT
1. Community preserving forest and sources of biomass as efforts of climate change mitigation.
2. The use of biomass-efficient stoves is increased in order to suppress the rate of forest destruction.
3. Farmers' income is increased through cost efficiency of sugar production with the use of biomass efficient stoves

Participants and/or Project Beneficiaries
Direct : 1. Coconut sugar farmers who joined farmer groups of coconut sugar in 3 (three) target villages that cover 500 households, involving 50% of men and 50% of women.
2. Forum of coconut sugar farmers group (F-KPG) Banyumas involving 50% of men and 50% of women.
Indirect : 1. The entire sugar farmers and communities in the three target villages (2500 households)
2. Coconut sugar farmers in Banyumas Regency
3. Village Government of Sokawera, Gununglurah and Sunyalangu Village
4. Local governments of Banyumas Regency
5. Coconut sugar industry and traders in Banyumas Regency