Budapest International Research and Critics Institute-Journal (BIRCI-Journal): Humanities and Social Sciences
Vol 5, No 2 (2022): Budapest International Research and Critics Institute May

The Role of Farmer Group in Empowering the Household Economy of Farmers in the Archipelagic Area

Fredy H. Louhenapessy (Unknown)
Sherly Ferdinandus (Unknown)
Hermi Oppier (Unknown)
Djufri R. Pattilouw (Unknown)
Siti Aminah Silawane (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 May 2022

Abstract

Farmer groups have an important role in the economic empowerment of the group members. This is based on the view that, in general, the farmer group members are still entangled by various obstacles so that efforts to develop their farming businesses are often not optimal and ultimately affect the level of welfare of their own households. This research was done in a quantitative method with a case study approach studying Wijaya Farmer Group in Waiheru village, Ambon City. This research location was selected because Waiheru village was one of the largest vegetable producing or supplying areas in Ambon City. There were 20 key informants participated from a total of 40 members of Wijaya Farmer Group. The data was analyzed following stages proposed by Moustakes (1994). The results show that the income of Wijaya Farmer Group from the vegetable production was still relatively high at IDR 19,800,000 per year with an average annual income of IDR 64,223,500. Meanwhile, Wijaya Farmer Group was in the ‘fairly playing a role’ category in empowering the group members’ household economy. In addition, the strategies applied for the development of farmer groups included developing the creativity of farmer group members and the access to capital.

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birci

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Subject

Religion Arts Humanities Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

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Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal) : Humanities and Social Sciences is a peer-reviewed journal published in February, May, August and November by Budapest International Research and Critics University Journal (BIRCU-Journal). BIRCI welcomes research papers in ...