Towards Independence of Soybean Farmers in Indonesia

Ivan Sayid Nurahman ,Tiktiek Kurniawati

doi:10.7176/jep/11-24-12

Abstract

The research identified a form of independence of soybean farmers in farming development by taking cases in soybean development centers, namely Jatiwaras District, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia. This study used a qualitative descriptive method by taking a sample of 127 soybean farmers using simple random sampling method. The forms of farmer independence were analyzed descriptively with a data presentation of the proportion of respondents' answers. The results showed that the independence of soybean farmers was mostly built from social independence (65.35%) which was then followed by emotional independence (51.97%), intellectual independence (32.28%) and economic independence (21.26%). Keywords: Independence, Soybean, Farmers DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-24-12 Publication date: December 31 st 2020

Highlights

Soybean is a strategic food commodity after rice and maize whose demand is getting higher along with population growth in Indonesia
The results show that 32.28% (Figure 2) farmers have intellectual independence, meaning that soybean farmers are able to independently solve various problems faced and have the ability to develop creative and innovative abilities in carrying out soybean farming, sometimes they have to be accompanied by instructors and facilitators. agriculture)
The results show that 21.26% (Figure 2) farmers have economic independence, meaning that soybean farmers have not been able to independently carry out soybean farming by utilizing the capital they have to be optimized, they still depend on government assistance programs related to soybean development

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Introduction

Soybean is a strategic food commodity after rice and maize whose demand is getting higher along with population growth in Indonesia. The increase in consumption, which continues to increase until now, has not been able to be matched by the increase in domestic production (Figure 1). Various efforts to increase domestic production have been carried out, but have not shown the expected results. This is in line with what Nurahman et al (2019) stated that the demand for soybean commodities is estimated to continue to increase along with the increasing population. The increasing demand for soybeans was not followed by sufficient domestic production. The imbalance between supply and demand forces the government to import soybeans

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