SIKAP PETANI TERHADAP KEGIATAN PENGEMBANGAN USAHA PANGAN MASYARKAT DI DESA NOELBAKI KECAMATAN KUPANG TENGAH KABUPATEN KUPANG

Abstract

Objectives of this research are to understand the characteristic of community food development program, farmer is attitudes toward community food development program the relationship be- tween farmers’s social factors and the attitudes towards community food development program in Noelbaki Village, Center Kupang Subdistrict of Kupang Regency.Data collection method which is used in this research is a survey method. Selections of the respondents from the rise farmer pop- ulation which are grouped in 7 (seven) farmer groups with the number of 286 people so that the size of sample in this study is amounted of 73 people. The tecknigue to determine the number of the sample is simple random sampling.

The results of research indicate that the PUPM rogramif viewed from the purpose, target, in- dicators of success and problems and the follow-up then this program has given the benefits for farmers in Noelbaki Village Center Kupang Subdistrict of Kupang Regency. The other results of the study also showed that farmer’s attitude toward PUPM program is in aggre category (72,95) and social factors namely formal education, non formal education, rationality level and experience of farmers have significant relationship with the farmers atitude to the program PUPM, while the social factor related to farmer’s age has no significant relationship PUPM program in Noelbaki Village Center Kupang Subdistrict of Kupang Regency.