Abstract
Simantri is a regional government program started in 2009 which is one of the solutions to overcome the limitation of agricultural land as a result of land conversion and to improvement the farmers income in Bali. The aims of this research were to analyze the condition of Simantri application level in Bali, and also the influence of farmers human resources quality and the Simantri group condition on the application of cattle breeding, food crops, and cattle waste processing. Structured questionaires were used to obtain information from 138 respondents consisting of chairmans, secretaries, and treasurers of forty-six groups of Simantri from 2009-2010. The groups of Simantri selected by purposive sampling method. Data obtained were analyzed by descriptive method and statistic analysis. Results indicated that on average the Simantri application level classified very high. When viewed from three types of main Simantri activities, it turns out the application level of cattle waste processing on average is classified as moderate. The farmers human resources quality has proved has a positive and significant impact on the application of cattle breeding, food crops, and cattle waste processing. The Simantri group condition statistically has positive but not significant effect on the application of cattle breeding, food crops, and cattle waste processing.
 
 Keywords: Application Level, Integrated Farming System, Simantri,
Highlights
1.1 Background of the StudyThe problem facing the world today is the increasing number of people that are not counterbalanced by the increasing amount of food available to sufficient the human life needs
The aims of this study were to analyze the condition of Simantri application level in Bali, and the influence of farmers human resources quality and the Simantri group condition on the application of cattle breeding, food crops, and cattle waste processing
In addition to analyzing the Simantri application level by farmers who participating in this programme, this research analyzed the effect of farmers human resources quality (X1) and the Simantri group condition (X2) on the application of cattle breeding (X3), food crops (X4), and cattle waste processing (X5)
Summary
The problem facing the world today is the increasing number of people that are not counterbalanced by the increasing amount of food available to sufficient the human life needs. Conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural land has exacerbated the carrying capacity of land to provide food for human needs. In Indonesia, since the increasing demand for land for industry and housing has led to a decline of productive agricultural lands. The same thing happened in Bali, with the total area of Bali Province about 5,634.40 hectares where the current agricultural land area is about 81 hectares. This number decreased drastically compared to 2000 which is about 110 hectares, before the large-scale land conversion for housing and the tourism industry. The limitations of capital, less of agribusiness insight, as well as traditional maintenance management are the causes of low productivity and diversification of farming [2]
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