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The study of extension performance and tea market opportunities to successful of tea farmer groups at Sodonghilir District, Tasikmalaya Regency Kralawi Sita
Jurnal Penelitian Teh dan Kina Vol 18 No 1 (2015)
Publisher : Research Institute for Tea and Cinchona

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22302/pptk.jur.jptk.v18i1.67

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The good performance of extension activities and openness tea market oppor­tunities has been playing an important role in accelerate the successful of tea farmer groups. The successful of tea farmer groups itself can be seen from the functioning of the units in farmer group activities, namely unit of study, unit of production, unit of collaboration, and unit of business. This study are aimed to determine the successful of tea farmer groups in carrying out its functions and to determine the effect of extension performance and tea market opportunities to the successful of the tea farmer groups at Sodonghilir District, Tasikmalaya Regency. This study used mixed method approach with sequential explanantory strategy that analyzed by using path analysis. The sampling method that used in this study was proportional random sampling with 56 farmers or 25% of the sample population (225 farmers). The results show that the highest successful of tea farmer groups at Sodonghilir District on unit of production, unit of collaboration, and unit of business were still low. Extension performance and tea market opportunitiest significant influenced directly to the successful of tea farmer groups. The better extension performance and greater tea market oppor­tunities, so the higher the successful of farmer groups. The efforts to increase the successful of tea farmer groups can be done by increasing the institutional capacity of tea smallholders, extension performance, and disclosure oppor­tunities of policy and tea market. 
Socio economic characteristics and its effect to tea farming management behavior of tea smallholders in West Java Province Kralawi Sita
Jurnal Penelitian Teh dan Kina Vol 18 No 2 (2015)
Publisher : Research Institute for Tea and Cinchona

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22302/pptk.jur.jptk.v18i2.79

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The research aimed to: 1) described the socio-economic characteristics of tea small-holders in West Java Province; 2) described tea farming management behavior of tea small-holder in West Java Province; and 3) analyzed the effect of socio-economic characteristics to a behavior of tea farming management. The research took place in nine tea smallholder plantation center in West Java Province where the Program of National Tea Agribusiness Improvement Action held. The research method used descriptive study with quantitative app-roach. The sampling method used proportional random sampling with 320 respondents or at least 5% from population area. Data analyzed used multiple linear regression analysis with Backward Model through SPPS 21.0 program. The result showed that tea smallholders have a certain socio-economic characteristics in mana-ging their tea farming. Behavior tea small-holders in tea farming management showed similarities and differences. The limited access to productive resources, technology, informa-tion, market, financial and extension make management on tea farming not optimal. Eco-nomic variables i.e. gender, main job, tea pro-ductivity, tea prices, and tea farming income positively significant to tea farming mana-gement behavior of tea smallholders. Its va-riables have the power to encourage and to motivate potential influence and spirit of tea smallholders in managing their tea farming.