EVALUATION OF THE SPECIAL EFFORT PROGRAM FOR RICE, CORN, SOYBEANS IN 2015-2019 IN BANTEN PROVINCE

This research aims to photograph the evaluation of the Upsus Pajale program in Banten Province in order to get an overview of the success of this program quantitatively. While the locus of this research was chosen in Banten Province because it is one of the areas with good agricultural potential and can be developed. In addition, the province of Banten is also an area that contributes quite high in the productivity of rice, corn, and soybeans when the Upsus Pajale program is implemented. This research uses quantitative research methods with a descriptive approach. The survey was conducted by collecting data on sample data taken from a larger population. The population in this research are farmers whose representatives are taken by sampling technique to measure the answers using survey techniques. Quantitative methods using surveys were conducted in order to measure program evaluation variables with farmer respondents in Banten Province. The results of this research show that almost all evaluation dimensions have a fairly good achievement value. Almost all respondents admitted that the UPSUS PAJALE program was able to provide improvements in all dimensions. A total of 311 respondents (70.05 percent) admitted that the UPSUS PAJALE program was able to increase the effectiveness of agricultural production. A total of 437 respondents (98.42 percent) admitted that the UPSUS PAJALE program was able to increase the efficiency of rice, corn and soybean production. In addition, 374 respondents (84.23 percent) admitted that the UPSUS PAJALE program was able to solve farmers' problems (adequacy dimension) related to rice, corn and soybean commodities. Meanwhile, more than 95 percent of respondents admitted that the UPSUS PAJALE program was able to improve the dimensions of equity, responsiveness, and accuracy.