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368 Fakultas Sains dan Teknologi
Universitas Terbuka (2023)

didukung dengan data kualitatif untuk memberikan penjelasan
yang lebih luas. Pendekatan kuantitatif dilakukan melalui metode
survey dengan mewawancarai penyuluh swadaya berdasarkan
kuesioner. Data yang dikumpulkan kemudian diolah menggunakan
Microsoft Excel dan disajikan secara deskriptif dalam bentuk
tabulasi frekuensi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa secara
umum penyuluh swadaya telah menjalankan fungsi penyuluhan
dengan baik. Dari semua fungsi yang dijalankan, urgensi penyuluh
swadaya yang masih harus ditingkatkan dalam memberdayakan
masyarakat agribisnis adalah kemampuannya dalam upaya
penumbuhan kepemimpinan, manajerial, dan wirausaha serta
dalam upaya penumbuhan organisasi.

Kata Kunci: fungsi penyuluhan, pemberdayaan masyarakat,
penyuluh swadaya, urgensi penyuluh swadaya

ABSTRACT

The urgency of extension workers can be seen from the extent to
which extension functions are carried out by agricultural extension
workers, including self-help extension workers as one of the
spearheads of farming community mobilization. This paper aims to
identify the role of independent extension workers in the community
and what extension functions still need to be considered in efforts
to empower agribusiness communities. This article was developed
based on a literature review related to self-help extension workers
and the results of research related to extension functions that must
be carried out by independent extension workers. The research
was conducted on a number of independent agricultural extension
workers in the Cianjur and Bogor Regencies. The study population
was all self-help extension workers in Cianjur and Bogor Regencies,
totaling 80 and 160 people, respectively. 27 percent of the sample
was taken, so 22 respondents were obtained from Cianjur Regency
and 44 respondents from Bogor Regency, for a total of 66 respondents.