Community resilience and innovation adoption among Peri-urban farmers in West Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Rapid urban expansion in peri-urban areas poses increasing challenges to agricultural sustainability by accelerating land conversion, weakening livelihood security, and disrupting traditional farming systems. This study investigates the influence of multidimensional community resilience on agricultural innovation adoption among peri-urban farmers in West Java, Indonesia. A sequential explanatory mixed-methods design was employed, combining a questionnaire survey of 500 farmers across five peri-urban districts with qualitative interviews and focus group discussions. Quantitative data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM), while qualitative findings were used to contextualize the statistical results. The findings indicate that collective efficacy shows the strongest positive association with innovation adoption (β = 0.376, p < 0.001), followed by place attachment, leadership, and social trust, whereas preparedness shows no significant effect. The proposed model explains 33.6% of the variance in innovation adoption (R2 = 0.336), indicating moderate explanatory power, with additional influences likely attributable to economic, institutional, and technological factors beyond the scope of this study. Qualitative evidence further highlights the importance of local leadership networks, farmer organizations, and informal knowledge exchange in facilitating innovation diffusion under conditions of rapid urban transformation. These findings suggest that strengthening collective efficacy and place-based social relationships may contribute to enhancing innovation adoption and adaptive capacity among Peri-urban farming communities. The study extends the empirical application of the Conjoint Community Resiliency Assessment Measure (CCRAM) by examining how multidimensional community resilience is associated with innovation adoption in Indonesian peri-urban agriculture. This study contributes to the literature by empirically integrating CCRAM and Rogers’ innovation adoption framework to examine how social and institutional dimensions of community resilience are associated with innovation adoption in peri-urban agricultural contexts. The findings highlight collective efficacy, leadership, social trust, and place attachment as important dimensions associated with adaptive innovation within the present study context.