Planting Organic Rice Movement in the Attempt of Realizing the Farmers’ Sovereignty in Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta

Farmers encounter many problems in farming sector, particularly the high farming managementcost. this research aimed to explain the movement of planting organic rice in the attempt of realizingfarmers’ sovereignty in daerah istimewa yogyakarta. this study was a qualitative research usinganthony gidden’s theoretical reference. the informants were seven organic rice farmers in slemanregency of yogyakarta, taken using purposive sampling based on education level. techniques ofcollecting data used were observation, in-depth interview and documentation. data validation wasconducted using triangulation source and data analysis using interactive model. the result of researchshowed that organic rice farmer movement could realize the farmers’ sovereignty in sleman regency ofyogyakarta.