Komunikasi dan Pengembangan masyarakat

Petani lahan kering belum berperan mendukung ketahanan pangan. Sebagian besar petani adalah petani kecil dengan kapasitas yang rendah untuk menghasilkan pangan. Penelitian bertujuan merumuskan rekomendasi kebijakan untuk meningkatkan kapasitas petani kecil untuk mendukung ketahanan pangan. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan beberapa instrumen: kuesioner, wawancara dan fokus group diskusi. Analisis data menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan Structural Equation Model (SEM). Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa karakteristik dan kapasitas petani kecil berada pada kategori rendah, berpengaruh terhadap tingkat ketahanan pangan yang rendah. Rekomendasi kebijakan meningkatkan kapasitas petani kecil untuk menciptakan ketahanan pangan melalui: menyelenggarakan pelatihan dan penyuluhan secara partisipatif, meningkatkan kualitas peran pendamping da peneliti dalam proses pemberdayaan, meningkatkan akses petani terhadap input, fasilitas modal, dan pasar, memberikan insentif agar petani mau berusaha sampingan serta meningkatkan koordinasi antara institusi pemerintah dan stakeholder. Kata kunci: Kapasitas, Ketahanan pangan, Petani kecil, Lahan Kering.

An agricultural development approach that is centralized, top down, and applied linear communication (transfer of technology) puts farmers as a tool to achieve national's goals (rice self-sufficiency) and makes them dependant to the outsiders. This study aims to analyze the level of participatory communication implementation in the implementation of Small Farmers Empowerment Program. The data are collected using some methods: observation, interview and focus group discussion. The data are analyzed using descriptive statistic. The study result shows that the implementation of participatory communication is in a low category. The recommendations of this study are to enhance the ability of small farmers through increasing the intensity of dialogue between the small farmers and the stakeholders (insiders and outsiders). Exchange of information and knowledge through ideal dialogue as the medium of exchange of information and knowledge to cope with problems of farming.

Pembangunan pertanian belum menciptakan petani yang berdaya. Sebagian besar petani Indonesia adalah petani kecil yang pendapatan rendah, sehingga tergolong penduduk miskin. Kondisi ini menyebabkan ketidaktahanan pangan pada sebagian besar keluarga petani. Penelitian bermaksud untuk merumuskan strategi peningkatan keberdayaan petani kecil menuju ketahanan pangan. Data dikumpulkan pada Bulan Maret-Mei 2012 menggunakan metode: observasi, wawancara dan focus group discussion. Analisis data menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan structural equation modeling (SEM). Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa: (1) Keberdayaan petanikecil berada pada kategori rendah, dipengaruhi oleh lemahnya faktor-faktor: kualitas penyelenggaraan program, peran agen (pendamping/penyuluh/petugas), akses dan dukungan lingkungan, karakteristik petani kecil dan ketepatan proses pembelajaran. (2) Karakteristik petani dan keberdayaan petani kecil yang tergolong rendah berpengaruh terhadap rendahnya ketahanan pangan keluarg...

The lack of village apparatus capacity has caused government implementation, development and community services not optimal. The purpose of the study is to analyze the level of capacity of village government of�icials on aspects of knowledge, attitudes and skills. This study is a quantitative study that uses causality-descriptive analysis. Data were collected in August and September 2016 in Bogor Regency and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results of the analysis concluded that the village of�icials capacity was quite suf�icient, but had not optimally supported the village governance implementation. This capacity building can be reach through increasing intensity, extending time and inland materials, along with technical practices in village development planning and �inancial management in education and training. Increasing assistance (through the Village facilitates involvement and Village Observer Institutions) is also needed in addition to increasing the intensity of the Village Law socialization and implementing regulations.

The implementation of regional innovation has not been effective in improving public services and regional competitiveness. Several factors are considered to be an obstacle to implementing regional innovation, namely regulation, institutions, culture and leadership. The purpose of this study is to analyze the readiness of innovation support factors and also to analyze the relationship between these factors in the implementation of regional innovation. Data were collected by interviews and questionnaires distributed in July, August, and September 2016 in 7 (seven) Districts selected to represent HDI High areas, such as Palembang, Surakarta, Bandung and Batam and also represented Low HDI areas: Pesawaran, Bangkalan, and West Lombok. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistic and Pearson Correlation with SPSS ver.16 program. The results showed that the readiness of factors of factorization interpretation, regulatory readiness, leadership, innovation culture, and facilities and infrastructure were in high category, while the preparedness factor from the coordination and facilitation faced by stakeholders was also low category cooperation. The results show that all the factors supporting innovation except for facilitation and coordination in high HDI areas are superior to low HDI areas. The relationship between the supporting factors reveals that there are three types of relationships: very important, important, and not very important. Local innovation development strategies consist of core strategies and support strategies.

The most crucial issue of money politics in the election is the high cost of contestation borne by candidates in the election process. The study's objective is to analyze the causes of high political costs in regional head elections in Indonesia and the steps to reform the regional election system in the future. The study used a qualitative-descriptive method with a desk study technique, namely examining data sourced from literature and regulations and those related to the elections. The study found that political costs are high in regional head elections because, first, oligarchs control political parties because of the party's power to recruit candidates. In practice, recruiting candidates by political parties and coalitions of political parties are closed, elitist, and undemocratic. Party elites or oligarchs have the power to select and determine candidate pairs to fight in the regional elections. The nomination of candidates is not an arena for contesting capacities and ...

A neutral state civil apparatus will guarantee stability in the government. However, the facts show that the local government's bureaucracy gets political intervention in determining positions. The study aims to describe phenomena of intervention politics in the bureaucracy and the factors causing bureaucratic politicization in the local government. Qualitative methods used literature review and regulatory analysis. The study results showed that the intervention politic in the bureaucracy in two problems. First, the high number of violations of civil apparatus neutrality in implementing the local heads election. Second, there is much practice of buying and selling positions in the local government. The intervention politic in the bureaucracy can be analyzed from the local heads' role as a politician and at the same time as a bureaucratic official. As a politician, the local heads often use civil apparatus for their interests during the elections. As a bureaucratic official, ...