The Role of Stakeholder Actors in Supporting the Performance of Agricultural Extension Services in West Nusa Tenggara
Wulandari(1*), Sitti Bulkis(2), M S S Ali(3), M H Jamil(4)

1) Student at the Doctoral Program of Development Studies, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
*wulan.studi3[at]gmail.com
2,3,4 )Department of Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia

Abstract

The implementation of agricultural extension is inseparable from the crucial role of stakeholders in efforts to increase production and support farmers, ultimately impacting their welfare. This study aims to analyze stakeholders based on their roles and strategic objectives, map out stakeholders, and investigate patterns of collaborative relationships among stakeholders supporting extension activities in West Nusa Tenggara. Conducted in West Nusa Tenggara, this qualitative descriptive research gathered data through observations and interviews with 15 key informants involved in agricultural extension. Stakeholder analysis, assisted by Mactor software aimed to elucidate the influence and interests of stakeholders in supporting farmers. The research findings indicate that stakeholders, as interest-holders at various levels, have actor roles and strategic objectives in extension activities. Mapping the influence and interests of each actor distinguishes them into context-setting actors such as the Agricultural Extension Implementation Center (UPT Balai Pelaksana Penyuluhan Pertanian), industries, distributors, collection traders, and limited retailers, focusing on achieving the mission of profit generation for businesses and fulfilling the performance indicators of extension centers in developing programs in line with regional agricultural development policies in the sub-districts. Key players, such as field agricultural extension officers, and officials from the agricultural department, face risks of conflicts arising from discrepancies between agricultural development policy implementation and field conditions. Farmers, as subjects, are actors with high interests in the implementation of agricultural extension. BSIP (Agricultural Information and Communication Center) and universities, as crowd actors, have limited interests in stakeholder participation in technology assessment and dissemination activities. Actor relationships as interested parties have significant potential in determining the success of agricultural extension implementation.

Keywords: actor, agricultural extension, role mapping

Topic: Agricultural Socio-economics