Analysis of the Level of Sustainability of Agricultural Extension Models for Millennial Farmers in West Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Many government extension programs covering several aspects of sustainable agriculture have been carried out. It turns out that these extension programs have not been fully effective in encouraging farmers to implement sustainable agriculture. Realizing how important the role of agricultural instructors is, agricultural instructors in the current digital era should be able to become facilitators who play a role in the process of assisting the transfer of technology and innovation to millennial farmers. The aim of this research is to analyze the level of sustainability and analyze sensitive factors or attributes that influence the level of sustainability of the millennial farmer extension model in West Java. The research used a survey method on 400 millennial farmers. Data were analyzed using Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) in the RAP-Farmer Extension technique. The research results show that the sustainability of the millennial farmer extension model in West Java is quite sustainable (54.14). Sustainability in this research is analyzed through economic dimensions, social dimensions, environmental dimensions, institutional dimensions and technological dimensions. The institutional dimension has the highest value because extension institutions are run by government and private institutions. Meanwhile, the lowest value is the technological dimension i . the sustainability of the technological dimension is influenced by internet networks and use of social media.