Institutional Role and Farmer Capacity Level in Increasing Cassava Production in East Lampung Regency

Abstract

The role of agricultural institutions in the agribusiness system is part of the subsystem of supporting services as well as implementers of farming activities. However, the reality today is that the institutional structure of farmers in general has not been running well so that it causes a decrease in the level of farmers' welfare. The purpose of this research was to determine how big the role of farmer institutions in improving the performance of cassava farming and to determine the level of farmers capacity on implementing cassava farming in Labuhan Ratu VI Village, Labuhan Ratu District, Lampung Timur Regency. The analytical method used is descriptive qualitative, scoring method, and Likert scale. The results showed that the farmer institutions that greatly influenced the performance of cassava farming were families, communities and farmer groups and cassava farmers in the research location were considered to be independent in the implementation of cassava farming.