Soybean is one of the food commodities needed as a supplement to food nutrition because it is rich in vegetable protein, carbohydrates and fats. This study aims to analyze the empowerment of soybean farmers in Pandeglang Regency. The population in this study were soybean farmers in two sub-districts in Pandeglang Regency, Banten Province, namely Carita and Panimbang Subdistricts, which are centers of soybean plants. The number of samples is 150 farmers, soybean, two sub-districts in Pandeglang Regency, Banten Province. The research activities were carried out for three months (April to June 2019). Data is collected and processed using descriptive statistics and inferencing statistics. Data analysis with Different Mann Withney Test. The results showed that there were significant differences in the empowerment of farmers in the two sub-districts in Pandeglang District, where the empowerment of soybean farmers in Carita District was lower than that of Soybean Farmers in Panimbang District. For this reason, it is necessary to increase the empowerment of soybean farmers in Carita Subdistrict by increasing technical capabilities in managing soybean farming, the ability to overcome problems in soybean farming, to improve soybean farming planning capabilities. In addition, it is also necessary to increase the perception of soybean farmers that soybean commodities are potential commodities to be developed.
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Mulyaningsih, A., & Sumantri, A. T. (2019). Empowerment of farmers in increasing production of environmentally friendly soybean plants: Case study in Pandeglang regency Indonesia. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 383). Institute of Physics Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/383/1/012010
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