Participatory development communication (PDC) practice and farm input accessibility as enhancing factors of broiler farmers' empowerment in Malang Regency, East Java, Indonesia

Nucleus-Plasma contract farming has been dominated broiler farming system in Indonesia and successfully generated rapid progression of broiler population. Unfortunately, this success attainment could not spread broiler farmers' welfare evenly. Imbalance position between company and farmers in the contract farming scheme caused poor empowerment level of the farmers. The research was based on a survey of 114 respondents chosen by using probability random sampling. Data were gathered by structured interview using a questionnaire, then processed using Structural Equation Modeling. Broiler farmers' empowerment level was influenced by Participatory Development Communication (PDC) Practice and Farm Input Accessibility. However, PDC practice did not affect Farm Input Accessibility. It is recommended to increase broiler farmers' empowerment level by increasing farmers' involvement in participatory development communication practice and by enhancing broiler farming input accessibility.