Professional Determinants of Agricultural Extension in The Lake Toba Agrotourism Area

Abstract

Extension professionals in the agrotourism area of Lake Toba are influenced by: many factors. Some of these factors include the characteristics of extension workers, education and training, achievement motivation, facilities and infrastructure and competence. For this reason, this study aims to examine empirically and analyse the influence of the characteristics of the instructor, education and training, achievement motivation, facilities and infrastructure and competence for professional extension workers. This research covers 2 regencies/cities in North Sumatra Province, namely Samosir and Karo on the grounds that Samosir and Karo Regencies are strategic areas for agrotourism development. The research sample is agricultural extension workers as many as 174 respondents. Research result shows that education and training, achievement motivation, facilities and infrastructure and competence have an influence on extension professionals while the characteristics of extension workers have no significant effect on extension professionals.