Analisis Sistem Kerja Cyber Extension Mendukung Peningkatan Keberdayaan Petani Sayuran
Abstract: Agricultural
information is one of the most important factors of production and there is no
doubt that this can lead todevelopment. The effective integration of Information
and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the agriculturalsector through cyber
extension will lead to sustainable agriculture by providing timely and relevant
agriculturalinformation, which will enable farmers make informed decisions on
farming to increase productivity. The objective ofthe research is to analyze
the system of cyber extension mechanism supporting the vegetable farmer
empowerment.ICT application in cyber extension implementation can greatly
improve farmers’ accessibility to market information,commodity inputs, and
consumer trends which positively impact on the quality and the quantity of
their produce.Information on marketing, new plant and animal management
practice, pest and diseases, transport availability, newmarketing opportunities
and market prices of farm input and output is very important to an efficient
and productiveeconomy. The analysis of cyber extension mechanism was conducted
based on the characteristic of system areboundary, environment, input, output,
process, storage, and interface. The synergy between the subsystems to
eachother is critical in the performance of the agricultural innovation process
into outputs that benefit the othersubsystems. In accordance with the
characteristics of the cyber extension working system in the area was influent
bythe environment that produce output that is stored either permanently or
temporarily. Interface is an element of thesystem to ensure the synergy among
the subsystems within the system cyber extension working smoothly. Cyberextension
is a communication method of agricultural innovation by using new communication
media that integratesinformation technology tools to communicate information to
the user faster. Therefore, analysis of the cyber extensionsystem with the
black box theory illustrates the system with attention to the desired output
and the output is notdesired. Mechanisms of maintenance and provision of
relevant and timely input offset with socialization andassistance in the
utilization of information technology for vegetable farmers in accessing
information as needed is aneffort to optimize the cyber extension utilization
so that it can support the empowerment process of vegetable farmers.
Penulis: R. S. H. Mulyandari,
Sumardjo ., D. P. Lubis, N. K. Pandjaitan
Kode Jurnal: jpkomunikasidd100124
