Towards Independence of Soybean Farmers in Indonesia

Abstract

The research identified a form of independence of soybean farmers in farming development by taking cases in soybean development centers, namely Jatiwaras District, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia. This study used a qualitative descriptive method by taking a sample of 127 soybean farmers using simple random sampling method. The forms of farmer independence were analyzed descriptively with a data presentation of the proportion of respondents' answers. The results showed that the independence of soybean farmers was mostly built from social independence (65.35%) which was then followed by emotional independence (51.97%), intellectual independence (32.28%) and economic independence (21.26%).

Keywords: Independence, Soybean, Farmers

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-24-12

Publication date: December 31^st 2020