Efektifitas Badan Pelaksana Penyuluhan Pertanian, Perikanan dan Kehutanan terhadap Peningkatan Kinerja Penyuluh Pertanian, Perikanan dan Kehutanan di Sumatera Utara

Abstract

The capability of using all human resources optimally is needed to develop strong agriculture; therefore, strong agricultural personnel are needed in organizing, servicing, and counseling which are in line with their qualification and specification in order to get the sustainable process of the agricultural development. The objective of the research was to analyze and find out the influence of the motivation of the Agriculture, Fishery, and Forestry Counselors before and the establishment of Bapelluh (Counseling Executive Board), the influence of the perception of the Agriculture, Fishery, and Forestry Counselors on the effectiveness of Bapelluh institution, and the influence of the effectiveness of Bapelluh on the performance of the Agriculture, Fishery, and Forestry counselors in North Sumatera. The data consisted of primary data with 66 respondents used as the samples in the three institutions: Pure Institutional, Mixed Counseling Institutional, and Non-Institutional. The result of the analysis showed that the motivation of the Agriculture, Fishery, and Forestry counselors before and after the establishment of Bapelluh in North Sumatera had positive and significant influence at the wrong margin of 10%, the perception of the Agriculture, Fishery, and Forestry counselors had positive and significant influence on the effectiveness of Bapelluh institutional in North Sumatera at the level of reliability of 95%, while the effectiveness of Bapelluh institutional had positive and significant influence on the performance of the Agriculture, Fishery, and Forestry counselors in North Sumatera at the level of reliability of 95%.

Dalam membangun pertanian yang tangguh diperlukan kemampuan dalam memanfaatkan segala sumberdaya secara optimal, untuk itu diperlukan aparat pertanian yang tangguh dibidang pengaturan, pelayanan dan penyuluhan sesuai kualifikasi dan spesialisasi yang diperlukan bagi kelangsungan proses pembangunan pertanian tangguh tersebut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisa dan mengetahui pengaruh motivasi penyuluh Pertanian, Perikanan dan Kehutanan sebelum dan sesudah pembentukan bapelluh dan persepsi penyuluh Pertanian, Perikanan dan Kehutanan terhadap efektifitas kelembagaan bapelluh, serta pengaruh efektifitas bapelluh terhadap kinerja penyuluh Pertanian, Perikanan dan Kehutanan di Sumatera Utara. Data yang digunakan merupakan data primer dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 66 responden di tiga kelembagaan bapelluh yaitu di Kelembagaan Penyuluhan Murni, Kelembagaan Penyuluhan Campuran dan Non Kelembagaan. Hasil analisis menjelaskan bahwa motivasi penyuluh Pertanian, Perikanan dan Kehutanan sebelum dan sesudah pembentukan bapelluh di Sumatera Utara berpengaruh secara positif dan signifikan pada tingkat kesalahan 10%, persepsi penyuluh Pertanian, Perikanan dan Kehutanan berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap efektifitas kelembagaan bapelluh di Sumatera Utara pada tingkat kepercayaan 95%. Sedangkan efektifitas kelembagaan bapelluh berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja penyuluh Pertanian, Perikanan dan Kehutanan di Sumatera Utara dengan tingkat kepercayaan sebesar 95%.