Performance effectiveness of gapoktan pottana’e in Tajong Village, Tellu Siattinge District, Bone Regency

Abstract

Farmer’s organizations play an important role in the development of the agricultural sector in Indonesia to become a medium for solving agricultural problems. Empowerment of farmers and small businesses in rural areas by the government almost always uses a group approach. One of the fundamental weaknesses is the failure of group development because it is not done through a mature social process. This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of Gapoktan organizational performance based on the achievement of Gapoktan functions. This study used a quantitative method with the research location of Gapoktan Pottanae, Tajong Village, Tellu Siattinge District, Bone Regency, South Sulawesi. The results of the study concluded that the level of effectiveness of the Gapoktan Pottanae performance based on member responses was only 17,20%. It can be concluded that the implementation of the performance of the Gapoktan Pottanae in Tajong Village is not effective. This Gapoktan has not been able to meet the needs of members, both for the needs of agricultural machine tools and member farm capital, the guarantee of quantity, quality and continuity of results, has not been able to add value to products from member processing, there is no market guarantee and has not even been able to create independent farming for member farmers.