Factors Affecting the Increasing of Agricultural Extension Professionalism in Batubara Regency, Indonesia

Nurliana Haharap, Kennedy, Ameilia Zuliyanti Siregar

2018

Abstract

This research was conducted in Batu Bara Regency on March 10 to May 16 2015 purposively with an area of paddy fields reaching ± 19 thousand Ha, productivity of 5.2 tons / Ha. The collected data research will done using by distributing questionnaires, tests, structured interviews. The result calculated of agricultural extension workers with a Bachelor of Education background of 15 people (48%) and SPP/ SMK 14 people (45%), while the Diploma is 2 people (7%). Then the age distribution of extension respondents was dominated by extension workers aged between 36-40 years (35%) and 30-35 years old (32%), then each age between 41-45 years (13%), aged between 46 -50 and aged between 51-55 years each of 3 people (10%). The most dominant tenure tenure is 45% with tenure ranging from 6-10 years, then each extension period between 1-5 years is 11 people (36%), tenure between 16- 20 years as many as 2 people (6%), the service period between 21-25 years is 3 people (10%) and the service period between 26-30 years is one person (3%). The most dominant respondent income level is 2-3 million as many as 19 people (61%), then each level of income between 1-2 million instructors is 5 people (16%), the income level of the instructor between 3- 4 million as many as 2 people (7%) and income levels of instructors between 4-5 million as many as 5 people (16%). The income earned by an instructor will influence in meeting the needs of his life and his family. It is expected that reliable extension workers supported by technical competence, ethics and moral commitment as well as deep responsibility for their work can be realized in the future.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Haharap N., Siregar A. and Kennedy. (2018). Factors Affecting the Increasing of Agricultural Extension Professionalism in Batubara Regency, Indonesia.In Proceedings of the 1st Unimed International Conference on Economics Education and Social Science - Volume 1: UNICEES, ISBN 978-989-758-432-9, pages 355-361. DOI: 10.5220/0009495303550361

in Bibtex Style

@conference{unicees18,
author={Nurliana Haharap and Ameilia Zuliyanti Siregar and Kennedy},
title={Factors Affecting the Increasing of Agricultural Extension Professionalism in Batubara Regency, Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Unimed International Conference on Economics Education and Social Science - Volume 1: UNICEES,},
year={2018},
pages={355-361},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009495303550361},
isbn={978-989-758-432-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Unimed International Conference on Economics Education and Social Science - Volume 1: UNICEES,
TI - Factors Affecting the Increasing of Agricultural Extension Professionalism in Batubara Regency, Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-432-9
AU - Haharap N.
AU - Siregar A.
AU - Kennedy.
PY - 2018
SP - 355
EP - 361
DO - 10.5220/0009495303550361