Impact of Learning FEATI In UP FMA Kafeouna, Village Wanepa, Nepa, District Lakudo, Kab. Buton. These assessments. Farmer Empowerment Through Agricultural Technology and Information (FEATI) aims to improve the productivity, incomes, and welfare of farm families through the empowerment of farmers and farmer organizations in accessing information, technology, capital, and production facilities for developing agribusiness and develop partnerships with the private sector. Assessment is to: a) determine the development of technology adoption by farmers through the learning process (demonstration and practice) in both farmers and outside of the FMA and stakeholders, b) determine the impact of financial and economic utilization of the demonstrated technology / trained to the farmer cooperators and adopters outside cooperators. This activity is carried out by Wanepa NEPA Village, District Lakudo, Buton, in the month of June to September 2011, by way of FGD and in-depth interviews with key information. Assessment results show that: a) the impact of technological innovation on the productivity of processing before and after any activity, FEATI is the improved quality of processed products, ie by separating the whole, with a ruptured (broken) with an increase in value-added products amounting to Rp. 15.000/kg, b) the outpouring of work time, which is usually only 5-6 hours/day, but after innovation to be 7-8 hours/day. c) early Adopters during the activity is about 4 people and are active in the learning of 30 people or 0.51%, and at present about 110%, d) Time of adoption by adopter within a period of <1 year of 4 members, who perform processing in grading system, then after one season as many as 150 people or there are additional processing, including off-site activities. e) Partnership with the marketing of processed products wholesalers new start in 2011, with a volume of 30 tons/week.
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