| dc.description.abstract | The revitalization of farmer organizations has become the central paradigm in agricultural development.
In Indonesia, increasing farmer participation in farmer groups, associations and cooperatives is
the strategy to revitalize farmer organizations. This study aimed to determine the factors influencing
farmers' participation in farmer groups, associations and cooperatives. This study employed data
from the Sugarcane and Tobacco Plantation Farm Household Survey in 2014, consisting of
8,831 (70.73%) sugarcane farmers and 3,645 (29.27%) tobacco farmers. Logistic regression
analysis was used to identify the factors contributing to farmers' participation in each organization.
The results showed that harvest area, access to extension and contract farming positively affect
farmers’ participation in organizations. Farmers' age and education positively affect their participation
in associations and cooperatives but do not significantly affect their group participation. Land
tenure has an ununiform effect on farmer participation in each organization. Tenant farmers are
less likely to participate in farmer groups and cooperatives, but they tend to participate in associations.
Meanwhile, the owner farmers are less likely to join cooperatives. Government support positively
influences farmer group participation, shows a negative effect on participation in associations and
has a non-significant effect on participation in cooperatives. Finally, farmers' wealth gives a positive
effect on their participation in cooperatives, a negative effect on their participation in associations
and a non-significant effect on farmer groups. These results depict that farmer groups are more inclusive
than cooperatives and associations | en_US |
