The Role of Field Agricultural Extensive in Empowerment o5f Coffee Farmers (Case Study of Coffee Farmers Group in Trawas District, Mojokerto Regency)

Ony Darmawan, Mubarokah and Sri Tjondro Winarno
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Ony Darmawan: Master of Agribusiness Study Program, Indonesia
Mubarokah: Faculty of Agriculture, UPN Veterans East Java, Indonesia
Sri Tjondro Winarno: Jl. Rungkut Madya No. 1 Gunung Anyar, Gunung Anyar District, Surabaya East Java City, Indonesia

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2022, vol. 6, issue 10, 149-155

Abstract: The shortage of government extension workers in the field has led to a gap in farmers’ innovation towards rapid changes in information and a decrease in the effectiveness of extension activities. As a result, farmers are powerless in dealing with changes in their own environment, especially with regard to farming, so that the role of extension workers is still needed by farmers to overcome this. This study aims to describe the role of agricultural extension workers and the empowerment of coffee farmers and to analyze the effect of the role of agricultural extension workers on the empowerment of coffee farmers in Trawas District, Mojokerto Regency. The sampling technique used proportional random sampling, meaning that each farmer group was represented by each respondent with a proportional amount. Each farmer group was taken as many as 6, after being multiplied by the number of farmer groups, the sample in this study amounted to 66. The analysis in this study used descriptive analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM-PLS) analysis. The results of the study that the role of agricultural extension agents as innovators have a significant positive effect on the empowerment of coffee farmers in Trawas District, Mojokerto Regency. As an innovator, extension workers provide the latest ideas or ideas about coffee cultivation, extension workers also provide the latest breakthroughs on harvest and post-harvest handling. The role of agricultural extension workers as motivators has a significant positive effect on farmer empowerment. The role of agricultural instructors as facilitators has a significant positive effect on the empowerment of coffee farmers in Trawas District, Mojokerto Regency. The role of agricultural instructors as communicators has a significant positive effect on the dependent variable of Farmer Empowerment. The role of the extension agent is to act as a communicator by delivering extension materials and communicating well, the extension worker also listens to complaints from members of the farmer group during extension activities.

Date: 2022
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