METHOD ANALYSIS AND AGRICULTURE EXTENSION MEDIA IN THE FARMER GROUP OF HARAPAN SEJAHTERA AT THE SUBDISTRICT OF EAST TARAKAN, INDONESIA

N.K. Suryana, Felis
2019 Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences  
Agriculture extension is an effort to change the farmers' behaviors as well as their families in order to solve their problems in farming, so that they will be able to increase production and their welfares. Success in Agriculture extension process is determined by appropriate method and media application. Objectives of the research were to study the extent of method and media application in extension and to formulate strategy of method and media application in extension on the Farmer Group of
more » ... arapan Sejahtera at the Subdistrict of East Tarakan. Respondents of the research were members Group of Women Farmers of Harapan Sejahtera, 23 women and 2 Informants of Agriculture extension agents. Data analysis used Likert's scale and SWOT analysis. Results of the research showed that the extent of extension media and method application on the Farmer Group of Harapan Sejahtera are in medium categories, which have scores 11 and 12, respectively. Strategies of the application of method and media on extension toward the Farmer Group of Harapan Sejahtera include; (1) implementation of group method in giving the extension, (2) establishing the Meeting Hall as supporting means to perform extension activities, (3) utilizing online media (cyber extension) to transfer the extension.
doi:10.18551/rjoas.2019-07.33 fatcat:xi7qldzvvvcuzpdgoevamyu4ny