Farmers' Perceptions on The Performance of Agricultural Extension in the Sustainable Urban Farming (P2L) Program in Yogyakarta City
Yunanto Yunanto, Retno Wulandari
Agricultural Socio-Economic Empowerment and Agribusiness Journal
Urban Farm DB summary
A study of the Sustainable Urban Farming (P2L) program in Yogyakarta City, Indonesia, surveyed 88 respondents across 11 farmer groups using a Likert scale to assess farmers' perceptions of agricultural extension workers' performance in planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting, with relationships analyzed via Spearman's rank correlation. The program was reported to have improved food availability, accessibility and household income through market-oriented production, and extension workers' performance was rated good (score 260.42), but factors such as age, non-formal education, farmer knowledge, farming experience and ICT use showed only very weak correlation with extension worker performance.