The cyber extension has a significant media in developing an extension program of agricultural information.  The government has built the cyber extension supported by the development of ICT and its utilization in the dissemination of agricultural information. It is expected to provide positive benefits in the improvement of competence of the extension workers.  The purpose of this research is to analyse the characteristics and perception of the extensions workers in the utilization of cyber extension to support their work. This research is correlational descriptive analysis by using survey method. The study was conducted in South Manokwari Regency, West Papua Province. The sample in the research was all extension workers as many as 22 people. The result shows that the characteristics of the extensions workers as follow: the media used is a smartphone (100%), the working period is 5-10 years (77%) and the education level is high school (SMK/SPMA, 73%).  Meanwhile, the perception of the extension workers on the cyber media is high. It reaches 95%. They provide the positive perception on cyber extension concerning variables of benefit, complexity, and convenience.Keywords: smart phone, training, farmer, rural, ManokwariJEL Classification: D80, Q16

This study aims to identify the local wisdom in the management system of shifting cultivation in Dayak Ngaju, Central Kalimantan. The study was conducted at Mantangai Tengah Village and Mantangai Hilir Village, Mantangai District, Kapuas Regency, Central Kalimantan. Purposive sampling was used as the method to determine the location and sample of the research (70 people). The primary data used were farmers or cultivators and key informants while the secondary data were obtained from BPS and related agencies. The analysis of the data was done by using a descriptive qualitative technique. The results show that the management system of shifting cultivation conducted by local people cannot be separated from the local wisdom in the community. This is indicated by some activities which explain that phenomena such as forest clearing, land burning, land management, technology utilization, and ceremony accompanying the activities of shifting cultivation. Communities live in a harmonious relationship with forests and land, manage land in a limited area (1-2 ha) without the risk of land fires, live in communal and mutual cooperation (gotong-royong), and have local knowledge that has a positive value.JEL Classification: D19, O33, O35

Mount Kelud erupted on February 13, 2014 causing severe damage to public and private facilities in 8 villages in Ngantang, a district in Malang. Post-eruption, the social system was severely damaged, while the local society attempted to survive the disaster. This study aimed to analyze the role of communication in disaster management assisted by the existence of social capital in the aspect of cultivation of crops and agricultural infrastructure. The method used was descriptive qualitative supported by scoring data. Thfindings revealed that the role of communication was to bridge the gap in every aspect of social capital. Besides that, communication functioned as a liaison from every aspect of social capital that was used as disaster management during Mount Kelud eruption The type of communication used was interpersonal communication, where members shared activities and information face-to-face or face-to-face activities on disaster management in Mount Kelud.

Indonesian Migrant Workers (BMI) is a development hero that contributes to reducing the national poverty rate; however, the departure of BMI abroad has an impact on the change of BMI and their families. This study aims to analyze the changes that occur in the socio-economic and cultural sectors. The results showed that there was a change of socio-economic and cultural behavior of full-time BMI women in the village of Majangtengah after they returned to the area of origin. Social change occurs in the family to the community. At the family level there is a change in the structure and function of the family because of the absence of a mother in the household. The core family structure is transformed into a widespread family, with no mother, the BMI who joins the family of origin. The second structure is to survive with the core family minus the mother, or father to be single parent. The third form is the children living alone at home because there is no parent or relative guarding.

The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of international female labor migration on the left-behind parents by taking into consideration the daughters' marital status. Data were taken from in-depth interviews with left-behind parents of migrant women (n=37) in East Java Province. The study showed that left-behind parents had limited access to the remittances sent by married daughters, except when childcare responsibilities were carried out by them. Parents of unmarried daughters had some access to remittances, but varied according to economic conditions of the family. Looking after left-behind children was the primary, or in a few cases, secondary responsibility of left-behind parents. Caring for grandchildren was the most serious concern of left-behind parents. The study could not include disabled or seriously ill parents to examine the care arrangements. Typical concern of left-behind parents included safety of daughters, marriage prospects of unmarried daughters, stability of daughters' marriage, and welfare of left-behind grandchildren, and loneliness in cases where the parent was a widow or widower. Welfare of left-behind parents is compromised in the circumstance of international female migration and appropriate childcare for left-behind children is required to address this issue. As married and unmarried daughters present diverse impacts on left-parents, pre-departure programmes should take these variables into consideration to mitigate any potential negative impact on the left-behind parents.