Coffee Farm Agrotourism Model as Fluctuating Income Solution and Environmental Uncertainty in Kabupaten Bener Meriah and Aceh Tengah

Siti Maimunah
Hamdiah Hamdiah
Yohana Dian Putri

Budapest International Research and Critics Institute-Journal (BIRCI-Journal): Humanities and Social Sciences
Vol 5, No 1 (2022): Budapest International Research and Critics Institute February

Coffee is a leading commodity and a source of community income where coffee plantations are managed and owned by the community. This study aims to determine the effect of coffee plantation agro-tourism development on the solution of community income fluctuations and environmental uncertainty. This study uses primary data sourced from a questionnaire of as many as 170 respondents conducted by purposive sampling method. This research method uses a causal model survey method using path analysis techniques with Structural Equation Models (SEM). The results of data analysis obtained coefficient and significance values that illustrate that coffee plantation agrotourism has a significant effect on environmental uncertainty with a significant value of 0.000 which means that if coffee plantation agro-tourism is developed, it will be a solution to environmental uncertainty. Furthermore, coffee plantation agro-tourism also significantly affects people's income with a significant coefficient value of 0.000. If coffee plantation agro-tourism is developed, it will solve community income fluctuations. The role of the government has no effect on people's income with a significance value above 0.05 and does not affect environmental uncertainty with a significance value above 0.05. It shows no government influence in the development of coffee plantation agro-tourism. Moderation: The government's role is still fragile, with a negative coefficient value and a significant value greater than 0.05. This means that the government has not played a role in making coffee plantation agro-tourism one of the tourist destinations in Bener and Central Aceh districts. The conclusion is that the development of coffee plantation agro-tourism is a factor that can be used to increase people's income which is currently fluctuating because the coffee harvest influences it. The development of coffee plantation agro-tourism is also a factor that can overcome environmental uncertainty, where farming communities can use coffee fields as gardens that produce coffee fruit and at the same time as agro-tourism that can create new jobs, open up business opportunities and educate visitors about coffee.