Effect of Extension Program on Improving Farmers’ Knowledge in the Narrowing Segara Anakan Lagoon Coastal Area in Indonesia

Endang Sulastri; Agung Triatmojo; Annisa' Qurrotun A'yun; Jomima Martha Tatipikalawan

doi:10.14334/jitv.v29i3.3391

Effect of Extension Program on Improving Farmers’ Knowledge in the Narrowing Segara Anakan Lagoon Coastal Area in Indonesia

Endang Sulastri, Agung Triatmojo, Annisa' Qurrotun A'yun, Jomima Martha Tatipikalawan

DOI

https://doi.org/10.14334/jitv.v29i3.3391

Abstract

Segara Anakan Lagoon sedimentation has caused many people in Kampung Laut to change their profession from fishery and start other profession to survive. Sheep farming became an alternative to generate the family income. The extension program is one of the efforts to adapt and improve farmers’ knowledge regarding sheep farming. This study aimed to analyze the effect of extension on improving the knowledge of farmers. The study instrument were used to measure the knowledge level of farmers was a questionnaire of pretest and post-test. Respondents were ramdomly sampled resulting in 215 farmers who participated in extension program. The differences of the farmers’ knowledge level before and after extension program implemented were analized using t-test. Multiple regression analysis were carried out to determine the effect of characteristics on farmers’ knowedge. Results showed that before the extension program was running no farmers had sufficient knowledge of forage preservation and scabies prevention. The trend indicated that the number of farmers with a high level of knowledge increased after the extension intervention. Improving knowledge on scabies prevention was higher than forage preservation (P?0.01). Farmers’ education and experience in sheep farming significantly influenced their knowledge on forage preservation (P?0.01 and P?0.05). This study also found that farmers’ age would affect their knowledge on scabies prevention (P?0.10). It can be concluded that farmers’ knowledge on forage preservation and scabies prevention improved after participating in the extension program.

Keywords

Extension; Farmers; Forage Preservation; Scabies Prevention

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