Volume 20 No 9 (2022)
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THE ROLE OF YOUTH FARMS IN ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS IN EAST LUWU DISTRICT, SOUTH SULAWESI PROVINCE
Abdul Halil, Sahlan, Irwan Zulkipli
Abstract
the role of young farmers is the young generation for organic farming and knowing the mechanism of
organic farming carried out by IPRA LUTIM youth (East Luwu Praya Youth Association), in the study using
informants, namely young farmers who are registered with the Praya Youth Association (IPRA) who have
implemented organic farming . Determination of the sample is done by using a porposive sampling
technique, namely the technique of determining the sample if all group members are used as samples,
applying organic farming. The types of data used in this study are primary data and secondary data.
Analysis of the data used is descriptive qualitative analysis and Likert scale. The results showed that the
application of the organic farming system carried out by IPRA LUTIM in Benteng Village, Burau District,
East Luwu Regency, included seeding, land preparation, planting, care, and harvesting. So that the role of
young farmers in organic farming businesses emphasizes more on socialization efforts and trainings on
the development of organic agriculture and the level of application in increasing awareness of the younger
generation towards organic farming is in the high category with an average number of 80.56%.
Keywords
Youth, Roles, Agriculture and Organic
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