PERAN KELOMPOK TANI PADI SAWAH DI DESA POOWO KECAMATAN KABILA KABUPATEN BONE BOLANGO

Abstract

The objective of the study is to determine the relation of the paddy farmers group's role towards farmers at Poowo Village, Kabila District, Bone Bolango Regency. This descriptive research was conducted at the research site in March 2020 by employing 39 participants as the sample utilizing proportionate stratified random sampling. The findings indicated that the paddy farmer's role was functional in both the learning activity and the cooperative aspect, with percentages of 53.85 % and 56.41%, respectively. Meanwhile, the aspect of funds in farmer groups was poor at 69.23% percentage, which showed that the level of farmer's self-awareness is deficient. Further, the function of farmer groups in Poowo Village is included in the medium category with a percentage value of 66.67%, which means that the function of farmer groups is included in the good category. This shows that the role of farmer groups in the funds' aspect must be increased by obtaining funds from the group or utilizing government funds through cooperation with the funds' provider. Thus, the farmer groups' role in Poowo Village, Kabila District, Bone Bolango Regency can be effectively carried out.