Agricultural Extension Institution In The Colonial Period Of Netherlands Indies (A Study of History)

Wahyono, Effendi and Huda, Nurul (2015) Agricultural Extension Institution In The Colonial Period Of Netherlands Indies (A Study of History). In: The 1st International Conference on Innovative Research Across Disciplines -- ICIRAD 2015, November 18-19, 2015, Ganesha University of Education, Singaraja - Bali.

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Abstract

As an agricultural country, the role of agricultural extension institution In Indonesia is way important for agricultural ctevelopment. The institution has existed since the oolonial period However, to what extend Is the historical development end the main tasks of agricultural extension Institutions In the colonial period In Indonesia? This study was intended to determine: (1) the birth history of agricultural extension Institutions. end (2) the duties and functions of agricultural extension institutions. This study was conducted using the historical research method. There were four stages to be carried out in the study of history, those are heuristic, criticism, interpretation, and historiography. Sources used in this study was the colonial archives, articleses, and news In contemporary magazines or newspapers. The findings Indicated that a functional, agricultural extension institution was formed in 1911 under the name of Landbouw voolichtingsdienst or agricultural extension department uncter the Ministry of Agricunure (Departement van Landbouw). However. after going through various changes, the structure of the institution was newly formed In 1920, under the Agriculture Section, Department or Agriculture, Crah and Trade. besed In Bogor. At the local level, agricultural extension lnsfitutions were divided Into seven agricultural areas In Java end five agricultural areas outside Java, each headed by a senior instructor. After the formation of provinces in Java, agricultural extension authorities handed over to the provinces. In this case the agricu#ural extensiort services of provincials and local government institutions underneath. The main task of the deportment of agricultural extension was to davelop Indigenous agriculture.

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