Peran Pemuda pada Pembangunan Pertanian di Kabupaten Gayo Lues Provinsi Aceh

Abstract

The role of youth includes three important aspects as agent of change, agent of development and agent of modernization. Agricultural development is interpreted in indicators of agricultural technology use, institutional, economically and environmentally sound. The purpose of this research was to know whether there is role and influence of youth role to agricultural development in Gayo Lues Regency of Aceh Province. The research was conducted by survey method, the sample was determined by simple random sampling and the number of samples was determined by Frank Lynk formula. This research was an explanatory research that explains the relationship between variables studied. Data analysis was done by descriptive analysis and multiple linear regression. The results showed that the role of youth as agent of change, agent of development and agent of modernization had an average score (NS) of 3.57 at interval of 3<NS≤4, meaning that there was a role of youth in agricultural development in Gayo Lues Regency. Furthermore, the role of youth as agent of change, agent of development and agent of modernization on all aspects of agricultural development has Fcount>Ftable and Pvalue<0.05, this indicated the role of youth simultaneously have a significant positive effect on agricultural development. Partial test in all aspects of agricultural development resulted in tcount> ttable and Pvalue<0.05, meaning the role of youth as agent of change, agent of development and agent of modernization partially have a significant positive effect on agricultural development. So it can be concluded that there has influence of the youth's role on agricultural development in Gayo Lues Regency of Aceh Province.

Peran pemuda meliputi tiga aspek penting yaitu sebagai agent of change, agent of development dan agent of modernization. Pembangunan pertanian diinterpretasikan dalam indikator penggunaan teknologi pertanian, kelembagaan, mapan secara ekonomi dan berwawasan lingkungan. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui apakah ada peran dan pengaruh peran pemuda terhadap pembangunan pertanian di Kabupaten Gayo Lues Provinsi Aceh. Penelitian dilakukan dengan metode survey, sampel ditetapkan secara simple random sampling dan jumlah sampel ditentukan dengan rumus Frank Lynk. Penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian eksplanatoris yang menjelaskan hubungan antar variabel yang diteliti. Analisis data dilakukan dengan analisis deskriptif dan regresi linier berganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan peran pemuda sebagai agent of change, agent of development dan agent of modernization memiliki nilai skor (NS) rata-rata 3,57 yang berada pada interval 3< NS≤4, berarti ada peran pemuda pada pembangunan pertanian di Kabupaten Gayo Lues. Selanjutnya peran pemuda sebagai agent of change, agent of development dan agent of modernization pada seluruh aspek pembangunan pertanian memiliki Fhitung>Ftabel dan Pvalue<0,05, ini menjelaskan peran pemuda secara simultan berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap pembangunan pertanian. Uji parsial dalam semua aspek pembangunan pertanian menghasilkan thitung>ttabel dan Pvalue<0,05, yang berarti peran pemuda sebagai agent of change, agent of development dan agent of modernization secara parsial berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap pembangunan pertanian. Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada pengaruh peran pemuda terhadap pembangunan pertanian di Kabupaten Gayo Lues Provinsi Aceh.