For achieve educational equity, government, private and non government organization provide scholarships. Scholarships are awarded as an effort to empower the recipients. Therefore this study aims to (1) analyze the scholarship program based on the concept of empowerment, (2) measure the factors that influence academic achievement of grantees. This research was conducted to 41 grantees Beastudi Etos at Jabodetabek during November-December 2013. The results showed that the scholarship is effective to be an empowerment program. Because it increase achievement motivation of grantees, and create positif environment to support learning process.Keywords: academic achievement, effectiveness of scholarship
The income of smallholder coffee farmers can be increased by optimizing the added value of the product through increased entrepreneurial capacity. Coffee farmers need to adopt innovations and new approaches that are more sustainable with organic farming systems. The purposes of this study are; (1) identifying differences in characteristics, support of government extension services, private extension agents, and environmental support for smallholder coffee farmers and (2) analyzing the effect of characteristics, government extension services, private extension agents, and environmental support on the entrepreneurial capacity of smallholder coffee farmers. This study was carried out at Arabica Coffee Center in Bondowoso Regency and Robusta Coffee Center in Malang Regency, East Java from August to October 2019. Data were collected through interviews with questionnaires in a total of 376 smallholder coffee farmers. Data were analyzed using descriptive (SPSS) and inferential statistics (structural equation model/SEM analysis using Smart PLS). The results of research showed that non formal education and roles of private extension agents were found to be low. Moreover, motivation, government extension support, environmental support, and entrepreneurial capacity of smallholder coffee farmers were categorized as moderate. Factors significantly influenced entrepreneurial capacity of coffee farmers included: characteristics of farmers, government extension support, roles of private extension agents, and environmental support. The role of government to strengthen private extension agents is possible through partnership between coffee farmers, government and exporter or private sectors.
The high poverty rate in Kabupaten Bombana showed the powerlessness of the community to improve their welfare, especially the communities around mining. This research aimed to: (1) analyze the dynamics of empowerment of communities around mining in Bombana District; (2) analyze the factors that influence the dynamics of empowerment of communities around mining in Bombana District. Research used survey methods. Samples were determined by proportional cluster random sampling. Data analysis was carried out descriptively and inferentially. Inferential statistical tests used SEM. The results of the study showed that the dynamics of community empowerment around mining in Bombana District as a whole were low category. The factors that influence the low dynamics of community empowerment were (1) Weak internal factors: low level of education, low motivation, number of family dependents, poor perception of mining and poor perceptions of empowerment by companies, and low levels of participation. (2) The low level of support from external factors: extension support, institutional support, social environment support, and communication support. (3) High social conflict: natural resource occupation process, company domination over natural resources, and handling negative impacts. (4) The low role of government and companies in empowerment programs. (5) Low of community adaptive competency. Keywords: dinamics, empowerment, community, mining
The government efforts to empower the forest farmer groups have not effectively empowered the community. Extension support is one of the key factors that affecting the quality of empowerment. The purpose of this study is to analyze and find the dominant factors that influence and formulate strategies to increase extension support on the quality of empowerment of forest farmer groups in the management of non-timber forest products. The survey involved 248 members of the non-timber forest product management forest group in East Lampung District, Lampung Province and Sleman District, Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia. The result of SEM analysis shows that the extension support factors that have the potential to affect the quality of empowerment of non-timber forest product management group from the highest score are the support of forest civil servant extension, support for extension methods, extension institutional support, extension material support and extension infrastructure support.This study provides information to create an effective strategy for improving the empowerment of forest farmer groups in the management of non-timber forest products through the strengthening of extension support.
The effectiveness farmer's institutions were needed for the agricultural development in globalization economic era. Economic indicators, agricultural infrastructures, and government policy often cause small farmer to economical and social marginalized. On the other side, farmer's institutions which are expected be able to strengthen the farmer position to face the existing problems not effectively yet. The purpose of this research are to: (1) Identify and explain various factors have affected on the effectiveness of farmer's institution, and (2) Formulate an appropriate strategy in capacity building of farmer's institution. This Research was conducted at three district of Center Java Province, there are: Klaten, Grobogan, and Karanganyar. The result shows that effectiveness of farmer's institution is still at medium category. Effectiveness of farmer's institution was directly influenced by level of member's participation in farmer's institution, outsider role, formal education, and local leadership. Famer's income, the quality of extension, social participation, needs, and capacities level of farmer were indirectly influenced to the effectiveness of farmer's institution by participation in farmer's institution. Learning experience of famer indirectly influences to the effectiveness of farmer's institution by capacities level of farmer. The quality of agricultural extension, directly and indirectly, influences to the farmer's capacities. It increases their participation in farmer's institution and push their institution effectiveness.
Brain gain is one approach innovation to the regeneration of agriculture and ruraldevelopment actors who are a warm discourse in the world. Independence developmentof agribusiness young actors (AYA) are educated and skilled representation of brain gainprocess. As a complex process, brain gain needs to be initiated and developed into aregeneration policy in Indonesia. Quality management business perspective asserts, toarrive at a policy, it is necessary strategies. This study aims to formulate a independencedevelopment strategy of AYA. Articles that are designed in mixed method describes thelevel independence of AYA and formulate independence development strategy of AYA usinganalytical tools SEM and SSM. The study shows, the level independence of AYA relativelyless, particularly aspects of quality and competitiveness. Hybrid and collaborative strategycan be done to strengthening aspects of readiness, personal factors, pull factors and pushfactors the significant effect, both quantitatively and qualitatively. ; Brain gain is one approach innovation to the regeneration of agriculture and rural development actors who are a warm discourse in the world. Independence development of agribusiness young actors (AYA) are educated and skilled representation of brain gain process. As a complex process, brain gain needs to be initiated and developed into a regeneration policy in Indonesia. Quality management business perspective asserts, to arrive at a policy, it is necessary strategies. This study aims to formulate a independence development strategy of AYA. Articles that are designed in mixed method describes the level independence of AYA and formulate independence development strategy of AYA using analytical tools SEM and SSM. The study shows, the level independence of AYA relatively less, particularly aspects of quality and competitiveness. Hybrid and collaborative strategy can be done to strengthening aspects of readiness, personal factors, pull factors and push factors the significant effect, both quantitatively and qualitatively
The agriculture extension program can be developed effectively and efficiently by professional personal in agriculture extension field. The existing main problem is low quality and quantity of agri-extension workers (include in Kampar district, Riau province). Therefore, the goals of this research are: (1) To analyze: farmer characteristics; social system characteistics; agri-extension worker competencies; agri-extension worker performance to empower farmer and level of fulfill need for farmer's capacity development in agribusiness; (2) To analyze determinant factors which influenze agri-extension worker performance to empowering farmer and (3) To formulate strategy to increase agri-extension worker performance to empower farmer. Through multistage cluster sampling technique, this research have found farmers sample with 180 person amoun (each of them consist of: 60 food crops farmers, 60 oil palm farmers and 60 rubber farmers). This research have been done from June 2007 up to October 2007. The analysis of data done by descriptive analysis and Path analysis. The research conclusion are: performance level of agri-extension worker to empower farmer still not yet good ("enough" category) because of the influence factor to the performance of agri-extension worker: agri-extension worker competencies (communication competency; competency in farmers learning and competency in social interaction); farmer characteristics ( farmer's access to the non formal education) and social sistem support (soscio-cultural values; agribusiness facilitation by government institution and fartmer's access to the aggribusiness institution) are still not yet ("enough" category).
The civil service management had to change its paradigm in appointing the structural goverment officials (SGO)'s so far the work achievement of goverment structural officials was still low. In conjunction with this, the objectives of this research were: (1) To evaluate the level of empowerment, internal organization characteristics, motivation and competency of SGO; (2) To determine the factors that influence the empowerment, competence and motivation of SGO; and (3) To formulate the model for increasing the structural geverment officials (SGO) competency. This research was accomphlished in DKI Jakarta and DI Yogyakarta. This research was a census, 163 government structural officials were interviewed. The research results pointed out that: (1) The levels of empowerment, attitudes, motivation and competency of every officials interviewed were good. Additionally, their nonformal education and organization technology was also good. (2) The non formal education, attitudes and mastering of organization technology were related to the SGO empowerment; (3) The empowerment and the motivation of SGO were significantly related to their competencies; (4) The SGO empowerment was related to the SGO motivation. Based upon these fundings, it could be concluced that all factors investigated were related to the empowerment, and on the other hand the empowerment was related to the SGO motivation and competency.
The civil service management was changed of paradigm to some extent, that is appointment of the personnel of government structural officials (PSOG) is carried out based on profesionalisme principle. Although in implementation, work achievement of the personnel of goverment structural officials (PSOG) indicate is still unsatisfying. This research objectives are: (1) to evaluate the level of empowerment, internal characteristics of organization, motivation, and competency of PSOG; (2) to decide the determinant factors that influence the empowerment, competence, and motivation of PSOG; (3) to formulate the model to increase competency of the personnel of government structural officials (PSOG). Location of the research are in DKI Jakarta and DI Yogyakartaof which 14 government offices were selected as study sites From the analysis of data obtained the scores as follow: (1) Level of empowerment, attitudes, motivation, and competency with category good. Level of non formal education (seminar, discussion and workshop) and organization technology with category good. Level of works experience with category not good; (2) The factors of non formal education (seminar, discussion and workshop), attitudes and organization technology is significantly influence the empowerment of PSOG; (3) The factors of empowerment and motivation of PSOG significantly influence competency; (4) The factor of empowerment of PSOG is significantly influence the motivation of PSOG.
