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ISST 2022 FST UT 2022
Universitas Terbuka

relatively more prosperous. Farmer exchange rates can vary from
region to region and often fluctuate over time. This farmer's exchange
rate has a very strong relationship with poverty in rural areas, because
most of the farmers live in rural areas, so that even though the
exchange rate of farmers has increased, rural poverty will also
increase, this is due to the human resource factor. inadequate so that
farmers who are not familiar with agricultural technological innovations
are growing rapidly.
To improve the welfare of farmers, the government has three strategic
programs, namely: (1) Provision of People's Business Credit Services,
(2) the three-time export movement program, and (3) the
establishment of a strategic command for agricultural development.
People's business credit services as assistance in agricultural
financing can be provided or lent by the government to farmers after
the farmers meet the applicable terms and conditions. People's
Business Credit has a low interest rate of 6% per year. With the
existence of people's business loans, farmers can be helped in terms
of financing from planting to harvesting so that farmers' productivity is
expected to increase. In addition, with the existence of this people's
business credit, farmers can improve their standard of living and are
free from the entanglement of middlemen and the financing of people's
business credit is in accordance with the needs of farmers in the form
of a payment system after harvest [19]. Meanwhile, in the three-time
export program, the government believes that by using technology,
innovation, networks and strong cooperation, access to information
related to the potential of export commodities in each region will be
wide open and have export destinations that can be accessed through
the application of maps of export potential and Indonesia. Maps of
Agriculture Commodities Export. Meanwhile, the development
strategy command program will function as a reinforcement of the
extension function as the spearhead in monitoring field conditions in
each sub-district (Ministry of Agriculture).
With the innovation of agricultural digitalization that is growing, it is
hoped that its implementation can help and facilitate the work of

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