ABSTRAK
Berbagai bentuk perubahan yang terjadi seperti hadirnya perusahaan, munculnya perkebunan kelapa sawit dan sebagainya di daerah transmigran menyebabkan masyarakat transmigran membutuhkan sebuah mekanisme adaptasi untuk bertahan. Artikel ini membahas mengenai mekanisme adaptasi ekonomi komunitas petani perkebunan kelapa sawit berbasis kepemilikan modal sosial. Penelitian sebelumnya melihat mekanisme adaptasi berbasis modal ekonomi, serta modal sosial sebagai mekanisme adaptasi sosial terhadap pembangunan infrastruktur. Peneliti memiliki argumen bahwa modal sosial pada kelompok komunitas dapat menjadi basis penting dari stragegi adaptasi ekonomi para petani sawit. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data wawancara mendalam. Dalam kegiatan perekonomian masyarakat menjalin jaringan sosial kelompok keluarga baru dan rasa saling percaya menjadi basis dalam berjalannya jaringan sosial. Kepemilikan modal sosial menghasilkan kemampuan adaptasi antara lain; kebersamaan gotong royong , prinsip kekeluargaan saling menjaga , pemanfaatan sumber daya kelompok, serta partisipasi anggota keluarga. Kapasitas adaptasi yang dihasilkan merupakan sebuah upaya untuk mencapai kebertahanan ekonomi.

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ABSTRACT
Various form of changes such as the presence of the company, the rise of palm oil plantations cause the transmigrant community needs an adaptation mechanism to survive. This article discusses social capital ownership wich could be adaptive mechanism of the economy community of farmers with Palm oil plantation. Previous research has been widely discussed on the mechanisms of adaptation to community and social capital community. The results of previous research on social capital as an adaptation mechanism in the construction of infrastructure and the development of the plantation system as well as the industry, which emphasize on the economic capital factors. Argument of researcher In this study that social capital group community can become an important base of stragegi adaptation changes and adjustments of Palm farmers economy. With qualitative method, the collection of research data obtained by the observation, in-depth interviews and study documents. In the economic activities of the community to establish a social network of new family groups and mutual trust becomes the basis of social networks. The ownership of social capital produces adaptability among others; togetherness mutual cooperation , the principle of kinship mutual guard , utilization of group resources, and the participation of family members. The resulting adaptation capacity is an effort to achieve economic resilience.