The chosen public policy for this case study is the Village Law, No. 6 of 2014. There is an urgency of the Village Law for family farming in Indonesia because, through the derivative program of the Village Law No. 6 of 2014, the family farming community received support in terms of the following: (1) strengthening the capacity and skills of farmers to develop natural and technical agriculture in agricultural cultivation, plantations, and other activities through training and education programs for farmers in rural areas; (2) funding for development programs, especially in increasing business both at the production and distribution levels; (3) agricultural facilities and infrastructure, through the improvement of agricultural and rural infrastructure supported by village funds.

The development process of Village Law No.6 of 2014, as described in this report, is the result of the long political struggle of various groups of rural and agrarian activist movements in Indonesia since post Reformation. Some of them are members of family farming in Indonesia, such as the Indonesian Human Rights Committee for Social Justice (IHCS), Aliansi Petani Indonesia (API), Bina Desa, Sajogyo Institute, etc. The policy cycle of the birth of the Village Law is an example of ideas born from the “bottom” (people's voice), then advocated at a national policy level, pushed into a presidential strategic program, and systematically advocated through parliament. The important lesson is that ideas from the people (voices from the ground/grassroots) can become national policies when there is intensive collaboration and simultaneous action between the power of the people's movement outside the country and activists in power. Such a process can serve as an example and inspiration for increasing the understanding of local actors in formulating public policies.

The study covers two cases. First is the Family Farming Community in Blitar Regency. This location represents the success story of the family farming community in Java Island supported by village funds for the development of natural farming and organic koi carp farming. Second is the Family Farming Community in Nagari Canduang Koto Laweh, Kabuten Agam, West Sumatra. This case represents an indigenous-based community that has successfully developed natural agriculture, cooperative institutions, and agricultural resources and livestock development in collaboration with the village government through village law funds.