The Role Of Farmers' Local Knowledge On Personal Performance

Abstract

This researchattempts to examine and analyze the influence of individual characteristics, work motivation, utilization of information technology, learning process, local knowledge and farmer performance where local knowledge is the moderating variable. The researcher socializes the role of local knowledge to farmer groups in Sleman Yogyakarta, then the group becomes the population. The sample uses the cluster random sampling method because the farmer groups that has been given socialization with forum group discussion (FGD)method has similar characteristics including farming behavior, education level, farming patterns, plants planted, area of ​​arable fields, and the structure of the organization of each farmer group. The total respondents obtained are 106 respondents with the data collection method using a Likert scale 1-5 questionnaire. Data analysis usesPLS application with SEM technique. The results states that the individual characteristics, work motivation, utilization of information technology, and learning process have a significant positive influencetowards the farmers' performance. Local knowledge moderates the link between the use of information technology and the learning process on the farmer performance. Another finding states that the local knowledge should not stand alone or be an independent variable because it isproven that the local knowledge does not have a direct influence on the farmer performance. The local knowledge must be used as a moderating variable that has been proven to be able to strengthen the positive influence between the use of information technology and learning process on the individual performance.