Open AccessEffect of Farmers Managed Extension Activities (FMA) on Changes in Farmers’ Behavior in Panyakalan, Kubung Sub-district, Solok Regency
Author(s) -
Delsi Afrini,
Tri Astuti
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 - 10.1088/1755-1315/347/1/012123
Subject(s) - subsistence agriculture , agribusiness , business , agricultural science , agriculture , resource (disambiguation) , marketing , geography , computer science , computer network , environmental science , archaeology
This study aims to analyze the effect of the Farmers Managed Extension Activities (FMA) method on changes in farmer behavior between before and after the existence of the FMA method in Panyakalan, Kubung District, Solok Regency. The research method used is a case study method using 55 samples which are determined based on certain criteria and using qualitative descriptive analysis. The focus of this research is to analyze changes in farmer behavior between after and before FMA learning which are seen from changes in farmer orientation about markets, economical business scale, habits of protecting agreements with contract partners based on contracts, building networks between farmer organizations and farmers who have more knowledge becomes a resource for farmers who have lower knowledge. This study found that the implementation of the FMA method (Farmer‘s Managed Extension Activities) in which extension activities managed by farmers influence the behavior of the community in Panyakalan District Kubung Solok Regency can be seen from the conditions of farmers who conduct their traditional and subsistence farming into farmers who have applied the principles agribusiness through continuous learning with a learning-by-doing approach (learning by doing) and carrying out technological innovation-based agribusiness learning activities.