Implementation of Subsidized Fertilizer Policy on Farmer Groups Based on the Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture Number 41 of 2021 in Percut Sei Tuan District, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia

Abstract

Fertilizers have become an essential part of the success of agricultural commodity production. However, the price of subsidized fertilizers in the market cannot be stable if there is no third party between farmers and producers. The research was conducted in Percut Sei Tuan District, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra Province. The research method is quantitative, using simple random sampling. The purpose of the research is to find out the implementation of the fertilizer subsidy policy in farmer groups based on the Minister of Agriculture Regulation No. 41 of 2021. Implementation of subsidized fertilizer purchases based on MOA No. 41 of 2021 in Percut Sei Tuan: Source of subsidized fertilizer purchased from PT. Pupuk Indonesia, Filling RDKK, Participating in RDKK deliberations, Filling e-RDKK is an extension worker, LP2B land status, and There is KP3 supervision has been implemented well with a percentage of 100 percent each, and The implementation of farmer cards is 73.92 percent, The head of the farmer group who does not have a farmer card is 26.08 percent The effectiveness of MOA No. 41 of 2021 is based on 3 accuracies, namely the accuracy of price, type, and amount. They obtained a percentage of 22.10 percent, which means it is less effective.