KELEMBAGAAN KOMUNITAS ESTATE PADI DI BANYUASIN

Abstract

This study is part of the application of research conducted in Banyuasin, South Sumatra. This study aims to see how the public perceives the institutionalization of the rice estate community implemented in Banyuasin and the relationship between KEP Institutions and the Performance of KEP members. The research methods used for descriptive research are survey and FGD, while regression with smart pls is used to find the effect of independent variables on the dependent variable. The potential for farmers to develop is very large, so the dissemination of technology and agricultural institutions is very suitable to be applied in Sungai Dua Banyuasin, South Sumatra. The results of the hypothesis test show that the legality variable has a significant effect on the performance variable, while the other two variables have different results; the Structure variable has an influence but is not significant, while the Term variable has no effect and is also not significant on KEP performance. KEP institutions make a strong contribution to performance, which can be seen from the high contribution value of the three variables indicated by the R-square value of 86.2%.