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pp. 2011-2018 | Article Number: ijese.2017.133
Published Online: November 14, 2017
Abstract
The availability of locally superior seeds is an effort that is being pursued by the Indonesian government today by encouraging farmers to be seed producers (three thousand seed independent villages program). This effort is more oriented toempowerthe farmers and to apply the pattern of agricultural extension partnership by involving the government, universities, private and institutional level of farmers. This pattern further ensures the availability of locally superior seeds, making it cheaper and easily obtainable by farmers. The purpose of this study are; (1)to know the role of partners involved in farmer extension partnership model on seed farmer in Aceh Province, Indonesia, (2) to know and to analyze the impact of agriculture extension partnership model on the availability of seeds in Aceh province, Indonesia.This studyuses qualitative research method by applying case study with qualitative descriptive approach in which data processing through non parametric static with data measurement using Likert Scale. The results hows that the role of partner in farmer extension model to rice seed farmers in sequence are; (1) institutional role of farmer level, (2) role of government, (3) role of universities, and (4) role of private organization toward seed availability in Aceh, Indonesia. In general, the impact of agriculture extension partnership scheme is felt good by rice seed farmer in Aceh Province Indonesia. In particular the impact of the application of farming partnership pattern to each of rice seed farmer in sequence are as follows; (1) increased production (2) improvement of cultivation skills, (3) availability of locally superior seeds is considered very good by rice seed farmer, (4) group strengthening and (5) marketing production that is in good category.
Keywords: agricultural extension, partnership impact, rice seed farmer
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