The aims of the research were to analyze the role of agricultural extension agents influences to the development of farmer group in Siborongborong District, Tapanuli Utara Country. This research was conducted in February 2018 until March 2018 at Siborongborong District. The respondents were choosen among horticultural plant farmers in Siborongborong District. There were 120 respondents in this research. Survey was used in this research. Multistage sampling was used to choose the sample. Multiple linear regression was used for data analysis. The results of the f test study shows that the role of agricultural extension agents as motivator, communicator, facilitator and innovator does not affect simultaneously on the development of farmer groups. The results analysis shows that the role of agricultural extension agents as communicator and facilitator partially affect the development of farmers groups, moreover the role of agricultural extension agents as motivator and innovator does not partially affect the development of farmer groups in Siborongborong District. It is recommended that the extension workers motivate groups to prioritize the participation of members in all stage of activities, from planning until evaluating gropus activities.

Program pembangunan yang terus berlangsung tidak hanya memberikan kemajuan ekonomi dan teknologi, melainkan mendorong meningkatnya aktivitas eksploitasi lingkungan oleh manusia, terutamanya pada kawasan desa hutan. Namun pada masyarakat desa hutan yang memegang nilai-nilai keseimbangan antara ekonomi, ekologi dan sosial merupakan aset bagi pembangunan berkelanjutan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendiskripsikan dan menganilis kepemilikan aset masyarakat desa hutan dan strategi penghidupannya. Penelitian dilakukan pada masyarakat Desa Hutan di Desa Kucur, Kecamatan Dau, Kabupaten Malang. Informan dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 14 orang. Analisis data dilakukan secara deskriptif dengan tabulasi sederhana untuk mempotret situasi dan kondisi wilayah penelitian. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kepemilikan aset masyarakat Desa Hutan terdapat lima aset yaitu aset alam, aset fisik, aset finansial, aset manusia dan aset sosial budaya. Selain itu, strategi penghidupan yang dilakukan masyarakat desa hutan melalui sistem penghidupan ganda. Penghidupan tersebut berasal dari bertani melalui sistem agroforestry pada lahan hutan rakyat, berternak dan pekerjaan lainnya.

ABSTRAKTujuan penelitian adalah menganalisis pengaruh karateristik penyuluh, kondisi kerja dan motivasi terhadap kinerja penyuluh pertanian dan pengaruhnya terhadap perilaku petani di Kabupaten Rembang. Penelitian dilakukan di Kabupaten Rembang dan merupakan penelitian kuantitatif analitik. Responden penelitian sebanyak 136 orang penyuluh pertanian atau seluruh populasi, kemudian untuk mengetahui out put kinerja penyuluh pertanian yaitu perilaku petani, dibutuhkan responden petani sebesar 272 orang yang merupakan petani binaan penyuluh pertanian yang dipilih secara acak, tersebar pada 14 kecamatan di Kabupaten Rembang. Pengambilan data menggunakan kuesioner dan dianalisis menggunakan Struktural Equation Model (SEM) dengan program Amos. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa karateristik penyuluh, kondisi kerja dan motivasi berpengaruh positif terhadap kinerja penyuluh pertanian, dan kinerja penyuluh pertanian berpengaruh terhadap perilaku petani di Kabupaten Rembang. Jadi karakteristik, motivasi dan kondisi kerja berperan penting dalam peningkatan kinerja penyuluh pertanian sehingga berdampak pada perilaku petani, Oleh karena itu saran yang diajukan adalah agar para penyuluh pertanian diharapkan dapat meningkatkan kapasitasnya melalui pendidikan jenjang lebih tinggi, pelatihan.Kata kunci: kinerja; motivasi; penyuluh; perilaku; pertanian.

Farming development through farmer groups is an effort to accelerate the improvement of farmers' welfare. The purpose of this research was to analyze the role of farmer groups as learning class, cooperation vehicle, and production unit in influencing farmer behavior, access of production facilities, application of Integrated Crop Management (ICM) and farming profit. The research population was members of farmer groups in Kecamatan Sale Kabupaten Rembang who have irrigated land with an area of 0.2-0.5 Ha. Determination of sampling was done by using purposive random sampling method with total sample of 276 farmers. Interviews with questionnaires were used as data collection methods. Data were analyzed using path analysis to know the relationships between variables. Results of research indicated that role of farmer group as study class, cooperation vehicle, and production unit had an effect to farmer behavior. The role of farmer groups as a vehicle for cooperation, production unit and farmer behavior had an effect on access production facilities. Behavior of farmers and access to production facilities affected the application of ICM. The application of ICM had an effect on the profit of farming. R/C Ratio of paddy farming in Sale District, Rembang Regency was equal to 1,23. Keywords : farmer group; farmer behavior; application of ICM

Seed subsidies are one of the policies implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture to provide quality rice seeds to to increase the production of rice. This research aims to describe and analyze farmer's behavior (knowledge, attitudes and skills) towards the use of subsidized rice seeds. This research was carried out on June -july in Tlogoweru Village Guntur District Demak Regency. Method is a quantitative method with survey techniques. Data were analized with descriptive analysis and multiple linear regression test. Results of the research showed that the farmer's behavior include knowledge is know or good level, attitudes and skills classified as very agree or very good level. While, the use of subsidized rice seeds is classified as neutral or ordinary level. Knowledge and skills partially do not affect the use of subsidized rice seeds, while the attitude influences the use of subsidized rice seeds. Simultaneously knowledge, attitudes and skills influence the use of subsidized rice seeds.

A research concerning the effect of booklet’s language on the dairy farmers knowledge gain regarding artificial insemination had been accomplished in Nongkosawit Village, Gunung Pati District, City of Semarang on April 3 to June 3, 2004. The objective of the research was to determine whether such an extension booklet language created an effect on the dairy farmers’ knowledge regarding artificial insemination. Fourty dairy farmers were selected purposively for this research. They were divided into two groups, with 20 members each. The first group was exposed to the first version of the booklet written Javanese, and the second group was exposed to the second version of the booklet written in bahasa Indonesia. One-way analysis of variance was used to analyze the data collected. The results pointed out that the effect of the booklets’ languages on the dairy farmers’ knowledge gains about artificial insemination was not significant at alpha equal to 0.05.

The purpose of this research was to determine the influence of farmer's group toward self reliance of organic farmers. The research was conducted at Paguyuban Al-Barokah Ketapang Village, Susukan district, Semarang regency, Central Java. The research location determined by purposive method with 109 respondents from four farmer's group Sunan Ampel and Dewi Sri). Variabel of the function of farmer's group were explained by indicator of learning activities, cooperation, production unit and business unit. Data was analysed by simple linear regression. The results showed that there was no significant effect betwen the function of farmer's group and self reliance of organic farmers. The functions of farmer's group as a learning activities, cooperation, productions unit and the business venture need to be enchanced. It need efforts from all stakeholders to improve farmers's ability in organic farming management through improve the influence of farmers group. A participatory development approach needs to be brought in order to encourage the self relience of the farmers through increasing the participation in group activities.

The vegetable farmers need an effort to increase their ability so they can produce the optimal quantiity and quality vegetables for meet an increasing demand. Aspakusa Makmur Boyolali  is an agribusssines association that seeks to self farmer so that market demand can be met.This reasearch aims was to analyze the role of the Aspakusa Makmur Boyolali Association in to improve self relience anoy farmers. The role of the Association of Aspakusa Makmur Boyolali in empowerment can be seen through empowerment strategies. The research was conducted on  February 2th - March 4th 2019 in Aspakusa Makmur Boyolali Association located in Teras Village, Boyolali Regency. The method used in this study was survey with 35 members of the association. Analytical methodin used descriptive analysis conducted bay multiple linear regression analysis. The results of this study were 1) the role of the Aspakusa Makmur Boyolali Association in empowering its members and self relience were categorized as high, 2) there was significant influence betwen relo of associantion in empowering strategies toward self relience anoy the farmers. 3) Partially the variables that influence self relief are counseling and mentoring strategies, and strategies for access to science and technology.