Agricultural development is a series of efforts to increase farmers' income, to create employment, to alleviate poverty, to assure food security, and to encourage regional economic development By increasing agricultural products. It Is hoped that farmers will be able to improve their income. In line with this effort, the quality of human resources in the field of agriculture is one of the essential factors in increasing agricultural products. , The alms of this study were (1) to learn the competency level of corn farmers in peatlands, and (2) to identify the farmers characteristics related to the competency of corn farmers in peatlands. The research method used was descriptive-coreiationai. The research population consisted of 38 corn farmers in peatlands at Limbung village in Pontianak district, while the data collection was conducted on census basis from the 38 farmers. The data coiiectioti was carried out from August until September 2007. The analysis of the data was performed by using the correlation test of Rank Spearman.The research results stiowed that (1) the competency of corn farmers was of average level, (2) the competency was closely related to the age, formal education, and experience.
Kesiapan menghadapi era globalisasi membutuhkan kemandirian petani dalam daya saing, hal ini berkaitan dengan kemampuan petani dalam me-manage usahataninya guna menjamin kualitas produk dan keberlanjutan usahatani. Penumbuhan kemandirian petani, perlu diarahkan agar mereka dengan kekuatan dan kemampuan dirinya bekerjasama untuk mencapai segala yang dibutuhkan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menganalisisfaktor-faktor yang berhubungan tingkat kemandirian petani dalam pengambilan keputusan untuk keberlanjutan usahatani di Desa Sukaharja Kabupaten Bogor. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian deskriptif korelasional, untuk melihat hubungan antara peubah penelitian dan menguji hipotesis. Penelitian dilakukan pada bulan September sampai Desember 2013 di Desa Sukaharja Kabupaten Bogor Provinsi Jawa Barat. Populasi penelitian adalah semua petani yang memiliki lahan sendiri dalam berusahatani, yaitu sebanyak 67 petani. Sampel penelitian diambil sebanyak 30 petani. Penarikan sampel dilakukan secara acak (random sampling). Pengujian hipotesis dilakukan dengan menggunakan analisis uji korelasi Rank Spearman. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa faktor yang penting diperhatikan untuk meningkatkan kemandirian petani di Desa Sukaharja Kabupaten Bogor dalam pengambilan keputusan untuk keberhasilan usahatani adalah: keaktifan mencari informasi yang berhubungan dengan usahatani dan interaksi dengan penyuluh.
Purpose - Policy implementation is an important step in the policy process, but the policies that have been prepared have failed in their implementation. This study aims to find out how the process, actors who play a role, supporting factors, and inhibiting factors formulate an ideal model to be implemented in the Pringsewu Regency PMPTSP Service.
Methodology - This research method uses a descriptive qualitative approach using the theory of Daniel A. Mazmanian and Paul A. Sabatier 1983 with attention to the characteristics of problems, policies, and the environment to examine the implementation of policies in the PMPTSP Office of Pringsewu Regency.
Findings - The results of this study state that the policy implementation process needs to be simplified, standardized procedures and aligned with the above policies, factors that support policy implementation, namely by developing and formulating policies and simplifying investment regulations starting from business sectors and priority areas, while factors that hinder implementation policies, namely changes in regulations related to investment and changes in licensing services which are very dynamic.
Originality - the researcher recommends a policy implementation model as the research results found by researchers, namely the D7K model (Disruption, Communication, Consolidation, Correlation, Comparison, Collaboration, Compassion, and Control).
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