ANALYSIS EMPOWERMENT OF INDEPENDENT SMALLHODER FARMERS OF RUBBER IN THE RIAU PROVINCE
Eri Sayamar, Rosnita and Roza Yulida
Agribusiness Department, Riau University Corresponding author : Alamat email ini dilindungi dari robot spam. Anda memerlukan Javascript yang aktif untuk melihatnya.
ABSTRACT
Rubber farming of independent smallholder farmer in general are still in progress naturally without any intervention of a third party, so that the productivity of smallholder rubber farming is still low. This will certainly have an impact on the empowerment of the rubber farmers. This study aimed to analyze the level of empowerment of independent smallholder farmers of rubber in farming activities in Riau Province. This study was used explanation research that it is intended to discover and develop the theory. Respondents were choosen by disprosional stratified random sampling. A total of 575 farmers from three districts potential rubber commodity in Riau Province. To answer the purpose of using the Likert Scale's Summated Rating (SLR). The results showed that the level of empowerment of smallholder farmers of rubber in the province of Riau included in the categorized quite well from the institutional aspect and productive economy, but is still not good than the aspect of human resources.
Keywords: empowerment, smallholder farmers, rubber