Manfaat Keterlibatan Petani dalam Pola Kemitraan Agribisnis Sayuran di Jawa Barat

The main problems for vegetable farmers are low technology and intensive use of pesticide, therefore farmers cannot produce vegetables with good quality continually. By applying agribusiness partnership it is expected the farmers would be able to overcome the limitation of technology and capital for small farmers attainment a good quality of vegetables, and problem of marketing. This study was aimed to analyze benefit involvement of farmers in agribusiness partnership. Collective case study method was used in five agribusiness companies and one co-operation which applying partnership of agribusiness in West Java: i.e. Bogor, Cianjur, Bandung, and Garut. The population are farmers around company and co-operation, the unit of analysis is farmers household counted of the 285 farmers. Involvement of farmers in partnership has effect on the improvement of farmers income, the use of technology (production and handling), appropriate pesticide use use, labor absorption, and capital USAge. Involvement of farmers in partnership also has effect on continuity of farmers business

Pemberdayaan Petani Sayuran: Kasus Petani Sayuran di Sulawesi Selatan

This study was focused on analyzing farmers' empowerment and studying factors affecting group dynamic in relation with their business improvement. The objectives of this study were: (1) to identify factors that influence empowerment of crop farmer within groups, (2) the relation between group dynamics and productivity and, (3) the formulation of empowerment strategy through group approach. This study was conducted at two districts area: Gowa and Enrekang at South Sulawesi Province. Primary data were obtained from 240 respondents from members of group farmer who their business mostly cultivate vegetable. Quantitative analysis and qualitative-descriptive analysis were employed to explain the result of the research. Variabels used in the study were individual characteristics. The level of farmer empowerment within group is low, and factors that affect farmers' empowerment within group are low (underdeveloped). These factors are empowerment pattern, level of personality, social environment, information access and level of farmers' productivity. Development of elements of group dynamics in two locations shows low performance that means underdeveloped. The main constraints for developing group dynamics are lack of initiative and participation of group members to encourage group activities, and lack of cooperation and coordination of tasks within group. Individual characteristics include level of formal education, empowerment pattern, farmers' personality, social environment and information access show significantly positive relationship with group dynamic. There are fourteen variabels which positively influence group dynamics. These variabels are empowerment pattern; level of farmers' personality; social environment; and information access. Based on the relationship among variabels in the model of farmer development toward farmer's productivity, it shows that variabels of working network (X2.2), self confident (X3.2), culture norms (X4.1), accurate information (X5.2), group objective (Y1.1) and group development (Y1.3) affect significantly of farmers' productivity. This means these variables have significant role in promoting farmers' productivity. Farmers' productivity is still low and it should be developed through more diynamic activities

Farmer\u27s Perception About Regional Government Policies on Vegetables Agribusiness Development Case of Vegetable Farmers WhoParticipate in Agropolitan Area Program, Sindang Jaya Village, CipanasSubDistrict, District of Cianjur

The regional government policies on vegetables agribusiness development is carried out through agropolitan area development program. The aims of this study are : (1) To get informations on perception of vegetables farmer\u27s towards the regional government policies in the efforts of vegetables agribusiness development, (2) To get informations on the vegetables farmer\u27s efforts to increase vegetables agribusiness through agropolitan area development program, and (3) To analyze the correlation of farmer\u27s perception towards the regional government policies in the efforts of vegetables agribusiness development with the farmer\u27s efforts to increase vegetables agribusiness. The method of this study is using descriptive correlation. Some important results of this study are : (1) The vegetables farmer\u27s perception towards the regional government policies in the efforts of vegetables agribusiness development is high, (2) Vegetables farmer\u27s effort to increase vegetables agribusiness is high, and (3) There is significant correlation between vegetables farmer\u27s perception and the efforts of the vegetables farmer\u27s to increase vegetables agribusiness, such as : partnership with the entrepreneurs, on-farm management, and marketing management. The supporting sub-system merit such as : the micro financial institutions, agricultural education and training, agricultural extention, faciliting of regional governments to provide market places at main market in Jakarta should be increased

Karakteristik Gabungan Kelompok Tani Penerima Program Pengembangan USAha Agribisnis Pedesaan (Kasus di Kecamatan Siak Kecil Kabupaten Bengkalis Riau)

Rural Agribusiness Development Program (PUAP) is a program that focuses inreducing poverty and also creating a huge accupation in rural area by providing venturecapital to support on farm and off farm activities. Farmers\u27 association (Gapoktan) as animplementer of PUAP has a pivotal function to distribute incentives, venture capital, and alsoas the managers of all the programs given. Gapoktan is an association of some farmergroups that collected and worked together for increasing the economic scale and effortefficiency which have several characters. The objectives of this research was to describe thecharacteristic of Gapoktan. This research resulted several important usults, namely: Thecharacteristics were categorized good, where the indicators of norm, the purposes, cohesive,leadership and participation were good categorized, while the indicator of size was lesscategorized, and than Gapoktan were still became a hope for the farmers in increasing anddeveloping their farm activities

Potensi Masyarakat dan Kelembagaan Lokal dalam Pemberdayaan Keluarga Miskin di Perdesaan (Studi Kasus Kabupaten Bone)

The aim of the research was intended to formulate the model of poor familiy Empowerement by determining both the level and the influencing factors of social responsibility and level of empowerment. Survey and interview techniques were implemented among 276 selected samples, started Nopember 2006 until April 2007. Data was analyzed by using both correlation and path analysis. The results indicated that a number of respondent had a high social responsibility and medium level of empowerment. The increase of social responsibility and level of empowerment were influenced by implementation of good government of local organization, income, and formal education. This study suggests an alternative model of empowerment in order to social responsibility and level of empowerment

Tingkat Difusi-Adopsi Inovasi Biogas di Kecamatan Lembang Kabupaten Bandung Barat

This study aims to analyse the household characteristics of dairy farmer, perception of biogas innovation, access of information, the meeting with extension workers and factors affecting biogas diffusion and adoption in Lembang Sub District. Lembang Sub District has a potential of 4 149 dairy farmer households as prospected biogas adopters. Suntenjaya and Cibodas villages were selected as the research sites. All of the population member (266 households) were the research respondents. Questionnaires consist of four independent variables include dairy farmers characteristic, perception of biogas, access of information, and the meeting with extension workers were used to collect primary data. Rank Spearman correlation test was used to analyse the data. Research results shows that motivation, complexity, compatibility, and observability has positive correlation with speed of adoption; and dairy farmers experiences, relative advantage, and and triability has positive correlation with diffusion; the access of information and meeting with extension workers do not correlate with biogas diffusion-adoption since the farmers has involved in the biogas program from an International foundation

Pengelolaan Kelembagaan Lelang Lebak Lebung dan Perilaku Nelayan di Kabupaten Muara Enim Provinsi Sumatera Selatan

The study aims to (1) Analyzing attitude of the fishermen towards management system in Lebak Lebung (knowladge, behaviour, and manner), (2) to describing auction system of Lebak Lebung, (3) and to analyze the external and internal characteristic between the institutional and the fishermen towards open waters managed in Lebak Lebung. The study was conducted using survay methods thourgh decriptive analysis and corellation methode which the samples of this study are 100 fishermen in Muara Enim –Sub distict-. The result showed that (1) Lebak Lebung is the open water district which consist of river area and land that forms marshes (lebak) and low land that watery (lebung). Lebak Lebung will be a fishes breeding in ebb season, and in the flow season Lebak Lebung used by villager to catch fishes. The ownership of fish resources in Lebak Lebung will be given to Pegemin auction as a winner of area Lebak Lebung thourgh aution system. The aims of Lebak Lebung-auction is to obtain the income areas, and conservation of Lebuk Lebung, and avoid the confilcts between fishermen.(2) the highly behaviour : knowladge, behaviour, and manner of fihermen in Lubuk Lebung auctions management. (3) Internal characteristic, Lebak lebung institutional and external characteristics that relating to the behavior of fishermen is the level of education, the number of dependents experience of fishermen effort, income of the fishermen, rule, punishment, the performance of fishermen group, the government policy

Aktualisasi Tanggungjawab Sosial Masyarakat pada Kelu Arga Miskin D I Perdesaan: Studi Kasus Desa Pedalaman di Kabupaten Bone

This research was intended to formulate the strategy to increase The Actuality and Social Responsibility to Poor Families at Rural Area. Survey were implemented among 57 selected samples, started Nopember 2006 until April 2007. Data was analyzed by using both correlation and path analysis. The results indicated that a number of respondent had a high social responsibility. The increasement of social responsibility and level of empowerment were influenced by implementation of good government of local organization, income, and formal education. This study suggests an alternative model of empowerment in order to social responsibility

Tingkat Keberdayaan Kelompok Tani pada Pengelolaan Usahatani Padi di Daerah Istimewa YOGYAKARTA, Jawa Tengah

Keberdayaan kelompok tani merupakan out put dari proses pemberdayaan yang dilakukan terhadap para pelaku USAhatani padi, proses pemberdayaan dilakukan dengan melalui penerapan komunikasi pembangunan partisipatif pada pengelolaan USAhatani padi. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis tingkat keberdayaan kelompok tani padiserta menganalisis faktor yang berpengaruh terhadap tingkat keberdayaan kelompok tani padi.Penelitian ini menggunakan paradigma positivistik dengan menggunakan metode survey.Penelitian kuatitatif dilaksanakan di Kabupaten Kulon Progo dan Sleman dan yang menjadi obyek penelitian atau unit analisis adalah kelompok tani dengan mengambil sampel 170 kelompok tani. Data hasil penelitian dianalisis secara deskriptif dan eksplanatif dengan menggunakan SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) analisis. Hasil Penelitian adalah : (a) Kelompok tani secara keseluruhan kurang mampu meningkatkan keberdayaannya terkait USAhatani padi ; (b) Pelaksanaan komunikasi pembangunan partisipatif berpengaruh langsung terhadap tingkat keberdayaan kelompok tani ; (c) Pemanfaatan modal sosial berpengaruh tidak langsung terhadap tingkat keberdayaan kelompoktanimelalui pelaksanaan komunikasi pembangunan partisipatif sebagai peubah mediasi