Effectiveness of Agricultural Extension on Paddy Rice Farmer’s Baubau City, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

Muhammad Hatta Jamil (), Nadine Tika, Letty Fudjaja, A. Nixia Tenriawaru, Muslim Salam, Muhammad Ridwan, Ahmad Imam Muslim and Nividita Varun Chand
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Muhammad Hatta Jamil: Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, Hasanuddin University, Makassar City 90245, Indonesia
Nadine Tika: Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, Hasanuddin University, Makassar City 90245, Indonesia
Letty Fudjaja: Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, Hasanuddin University, Makassar City 90245, Indonesia
A. Nixia Tenriawaru: Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, Hasanuddin University, Makassar City 90245, Indonesia
Muslim Salam: Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, Hasanuddin University, Makassar City 90245, Indonesia
Muhammad Ridwan: Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Ahmad Imam Muslim: The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-8580, Japan
Nividita Varun Chand: College of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry, Fiji National University, Nausori P.O. Box 1544, Fiji

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 4, 1-23

Abstract: Agricultural extension workers play an essential role in the productivity of agricultural systems. Based on the actual conditions in the field, it can be seen that the level of extension services still needs to be higher due to a lack of human resources in the field of extension services. This research was conducted to determine the effectiveness of agricultural extension services andthe factors that influence the effectiveness of agricultural extension to farmers in Baubau City, Indonesia. The analytical method includes exogenous latent variables: human resources, technological progress, farming capital, farmer age, education, and farming experience. The effectiveness of agricultural extension is used as an endogenous latent variable. The research sample consisted of 110 rice farmers in Baubau City, and the Slovin formula was used to calculate the sample. The data collection for this research was carried out by distributing questionnaires to respondents, in-depth interviews, and direct observation in the city of Baubau. Using the AMOS application, quantitative analysis was carried out through structural equation modeling (SEM). The study results show that: (1) The factors that influence the effectiveness of agricultural extension in Baubau City are farming capital, farmer age, education, farming experience, and human resources, and (2) the influence of these factors on the effectiveness of agricultural extension is as follows: if the farming capital is high, human resources can be increased. In addition, the higher the farmer’s age, the lower the need for human resources. It is also noted that higher farmer education contributes to increased human capital, and increased experience in farming is associated with increased human capital. Thus, an increase in human resources will increase the effectiveness of agricultural extension. Significant factors that influence the effectiveness of agricultural extension in Baubau City, Southeast Sulawesi, are farming capital, farmer age, education, farming experience, and human resources.

Keywords: effectiveness; agricultural extension; paddy rice; Indonesia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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