Community-Based Empowerment and Its Impact on the Economic Resilience of Earthworm Farmers
Keywords:
Community Empowerment, Economic Resilience, Rural Development, Small-Scale Farming, Farmer BehaviorAbstract
Purpose – This study aims to analyze how community-based empowerment programs influence the behavior and economic resilience of earthworm farmers in Temanggung, Indonesia. Given the rise of vermiculture as a livelihood strategy, this research examines the psychological and behavioral determinants behind empowered farmer practices.
Design/methods/approach – The research employed a quantitative approach with a structured questionnaire distributed to 201 earthworm farmers using purposive and snowball sampling. Data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares – Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) via WarpPLS 5.0, including measurement and structural model evaluations.
Findings – Empowerment programs significantly influenced farmers' attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control, which in turn positively affected their intentions to become empowered. Both intentions and perceived control significantly shaped actual behavior, which had a direct and positive impact on economic resilience. However, farmers' personality did not significantly moderate the intention-behavior relationship.
Research implications/limitations – The study was limited to two villages in Temanggung and focused solely on economic aspects of resilience. Future research should incorporate environmental and social resilience indicators and expand geographically.
Originality/value – This paper extends the Theory of Planned Behavior by integrating community empowerment contexts and testing psychological constructs in the domain of agricultural micro-enterprise. It offers practical implications for rural development and poverty reduction strategies.
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