Open AccessRelationship of social capital to the level of motivation of local farmers in optimizing the potential of sago starch farming
Author(s) -
Merry Dawapa,
Nurzainah Ginting,
Ferdinand Christianto Situmorang,
Darwis Darwis
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/343/1/012196
Subject(s) - likert scale , social capital , agriculture , scale (ratio) , local community , business , capital (architecture) , marketing , psychology , sociology , geography , political science , social science , developmental psychology , cartography , archaeology , law
This study purpose was to analyze the relationship of social capital, namely interaction, social responsibility, cultural values, cooperation and the role of village officials or other parties to the motivation of local communities. Social capital that grows and develops in the local community environment becomes a reference to increase motivation so that it can optimize the potential of sago to become a productive farm. Data were analyzed quantitatively using a Likert scale technique and correlation to determine the relationship of social capital to the level of motivation and are described descriptively. The location was chosen purposively or deliberately, the location of the study was conducted in a mooring village, with 50 respondents. The results showed that social capital was strongly related to the level of motivation in optimizing the potential of sago farming.