Darwis S. Gani
Program Ilmu Penyuluhan Pembangunan IPB, Gedung FEMA Wing I Level 5 Jalan Kamper, Kampus IPB Dermaga,16680

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Farmer Empowerment in The Management of Rice Farming in Two Districts in West Java Sadono, Dwi; Sumardjo, Sumardjo; Gani, Darwis S.; Amanah, Siti
Journal of Rural Indonesia [JORI] Vol. 2 No. 1 (2014)
Publisher : Journal of Rural Indonesia [JORI]

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Efforts to integrated food security and farmer empowerment have become an important issue today. Accordingly, the objectives of this study were to analyze the level of participation of farmers in their group and the empowerment of farmers in the management of rice farming and the factors associated with it, and to analyze the impact of farmer empowerment on sustainability efforts. Fieldwork was conducted in May to June 2012 in two districts in West Java, by taking 239 farmers who had attended the farmer field school. Quantitative data were analyzed statistically based on the descriptive technique and Structural Equations Modeling (SEM). Qualitative data were collected through in-depth interview and observation to support the quantitative data. The results showed that: (1) The levels of farmer participation in the farmer group and the farmer empowerment were classified as low. The variables that significantly affected the levels of farmer participation in the farmer group were: intensity of empowerment and personality traits. The variables that significantly affected the levels of farmer empowerment were: farmer participation in the farmer group, intensity of empowerment, physical and socio-economic environment, personality traits, and availability of agricultural information. (2) The prospects for sustainability efforts were classified as low. The level of farmer empowerment significantly affected the sustainability of farming; and (3) The increasing level of farmer empowerment can be achieved by better management of empowerment process, with increasing farmer participation in the farmer group, strengthening the availability of agricultural information, and the physical and socio economic environment. Keywords: empowerment, participation, capacity of farmers, business sustainability
Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Perilaku Nelayan Artisanal Dalam Pemanfaatan Sumberdaya Perikanan di Pantai Utara Provinsi Jawa Barat Prihandoko, Prihandoko; Jahi, Amri; Gani, Darwis S.; Purnaba, I Gusti Putu; Adrianto, Luky; Tjitradjaja, Iwan
Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia Vol. 15, No. 2
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This study aims to estimate accurately the behavior using the Theory of Planned Behavior perspective of artisanal fishermen in Indonesia, in the midst of life with the condition of degradation of marine resources are declining, absolute poverty faced by artisanal fishermen and the more complex issues of coastal resource use in Indonesia with a more diversity of stakeholders utilizing these resources. The population of artisanal fishermen in the northern coast of West Java Province 10,404. Techniques for sampling by cluster random sampling clusters with the number of household sample of 400 artisanal fishermen. Data was collected using a questionnaire interview further processed using the program structural equation model (SEM) and LISREL 8:54. The conclusion of this study were (1) Theory of planned behavior perspective can be used to view the intention to behave and conduct artisanal fishermen in the northern coast of West Java province, despite the possible existence of behavior that is done without the intention to behave (2) the coefficient of determination between the attitude variables, subjective norm, perceived behavior control to variable behavior intention at 0.40. These conditions indicate the existence of other variable factors of 60% outside variables that affect the intention of this study to behave. Meanwhile the influence of variables on behavior intention to behave by 0.51 indicates that it is not fully manifested the intention to behave in accordance with the behavior of fishermen in their fishing activities, (3) that explains the study's findings about the factors that influence the behavior of artisanal fishermen in the utilization fishery resources, can contribute to the activities of co-management of fisheries in Indonesia, especially in communities in the study area on the northern coast of West Java Province