relation: https://eprints.untirta.ac.id/53123/ title: PERAN PENYULUH PERTANIAN LAPANGAN TERHADAP KEBERDAYAAN PETANI KAKAO DI KABUPATEN SERANG creator: PURNAMA, INDRA subject: S Agriculture (General) description: This research was conducted in Serang District, with a population of farmers practicing cocoa cultivation, the selection of respondents was carried out proportionally to the distribution of all cocoa farming areas, the number of respondents was set at 100 according to the SEM analysis rules, namely 5 -10 times the number of observed indicators, the goal of The aims of this research are to know the role of agricultural extension workers. determine the level of empowerment of cocoa farmers in Serang Regency, and what factors influence the role of agricultural extension agents and the level of empowerment of cocoa farmers, the method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive method with 100 respondents according to SEM rules. The results of the study show that: The characteristics of the respondents seen from the age of the majority are the age with the age level in the Old category, the education level of the majority is low equivalent to Elementary Schools, the area of farming land ownership is generally Low (less than 0.3 Ha), and the experience of farming Cocoa is at Medium category. External support which is expected to provide a stimulus to the success of cocoa farming is in the low category. The role of agricultural extension agents for cocoa farming in Serang Regency is in the category of results of SEM analysis using the Lisrel program, it was found that the role of agricultural extension agents was directly and significantly influenced by internal factors of 0.85 or 78.9% while external factors were 0.03 or 6. 55%, the role of agricultural extension workers is supported by indicators as educational educators (Y1); the role of extension agents as Dissemination (Y12): Extension officers as Consultation (Y14) and Extension officers as Supervision (Y15), mathematically the relationship is formulated as follows Y1 = 0.85X1+0.03X2 with R2 0.75 or 75%. The empowerment level of cocoa farmers is in the medium category which is dominated by external variable support of 0.82 or 74.0%, while the internal support variable has a negative direction of 0.21. Making Decisions (Y22); Gaining Market (Y23); Financial Management Ability (Y24); Partnering ability (Y25): and Adaptability (Y26), mathematically the relationship between the two variables is formulated as follows Y2 = -0.20X1 + 0.58X2 + 0.26Y1  R2 0.71. date: 2025 type: Thesis type: NonPeerReviewed format: text language: en identifier: https://eprints.untirta.ac.id/53123/3/INDRA%20PURNAMA%207779090017%20MP%20%281%29.pdf format: text language: en identifier: https://eprints.untirta.ac.id/53123/4/INDRA%20PURNAMA%207779090017_01.pdf format: text language: en identifier: https://eprints.untirta.ac.id/53123/5/INDRA%20PURNAMA%207779090017_02.pdf format: text language: en identifier: https://eprints.untirta.ac.id/53123/6/INDRA%20PURNAMA%207779090017_03.pdf format: text language: en identifier: https://eprints.untirta.ac.id/53123/7/INDRA%20PURNAMA%207779090017_04.pdf format: text language: en identifier: https://eprints.untirta.ac.id/53123/8/INDRA%20PURNAMA%207779090017_05.pdf format: text language: en identifier: https://eprints.untirta.ac.id/53123/9/INDRA%20PURNAMA%207779090017_Reff.pdf format: text language: en identifier: https://eprints.untirta.ac.id/53123/10/INDRA%20PURNAMA%207779090017_Lamp.pdf identifier: PURNAMA, INDRA (2025) PERAN PENYULUH PERTANIAN LAPANGAN TERHADAP KEBERDAYAAN PETANI KAKAO DI KABUPATEN SERANG. Master thesis, UNIVERSITAS SULTAN AGENG TIRTAYASA.