Universal Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 10(3), pp. 266 - 274
DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2022.100308
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The Millennial Farmers' Interest in Succeeding the Family Agriculture for Hydroponic Application in Garut District, West Java Indonesia

Lukman Effendy ^*, Nawangwulan Widyaastuti , Hana Lastri
Sustainable Agriculture Extension Program, Bogor Agricultural Development Polytechnique, Jln. Aria Surialaga Cibalagung, Bogor Barat 16132, Indonesia

ABSTRACT

The interest of farmers' daughters and sons to become farmers has currently been very low, although productive age population is more dominant (62%) than other age groups. Low young villagers to choose the agricultural world is caused by many factors, negative stigma of farmers due to dirty, low income, and so on. A study regarding the millennials' to pursue parents' careers as farmers was performed in several villages around Tarogong Kidul District, Garut Regency. This survey study through interviews was conducted on April – June, 2021 with the aims of describing the youngsters' interest level to continue the family agriculture activity, the influenced factors, and finding strategies to increase the youngsters' interest level to continue the family agriculture activity. Data were collected from 54 respondents of 105 millennial farmers based on the Slovin formula with 10 percent error. Data collection was performed directly using closed questionnaires which have been assessed its validity and reliability. Data were analyzed descriptively to explain the variance of each variable, while double linear regression analysis was used to analyze the influenced factors. The study results showed that all independent variables influenced significantly the millennials' interest level with the R-square value of 0.580. The influence coefficients of each variable were formulated in an equation of Y = 82.385 + (0.898) X₁ + (0.448) X₂ + (0.269) X₃. Therefore, increasing the youngsters' interest in agriculture needs to pay attention to the youngsters' individual characteristics (X₁), external factors (X₂), and social roles (X₃).

KEYWORDS
Hydroponics, Interest, Millennial Farmers, Family Agriculture Successor

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[1] Lukman Effendy , Nawangwulan Widyaastuti , Hana Lastri , "The Millennial Farmers' Interest in Succeeding the Family Agriculture for Hydroponic Application in Garut District, West Java Indonesia," Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 266 - 274, 2022. DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2022.100308.

(b). APA Format:
Lukman Effendy , Nawangwulan Widyaastuti , Hana Lastri (2022). The Millennial Farmers' Interest in Succeeding the Family Agriculture for Hydroponic Application in Garut District, West Java Indonesia. Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, 10(3), 266 - 274. DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2022.100308.