Farmer Participation in Productivity Improvement Efforts Through Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) of Avocado Farming in Baruppu’ District, North Toraja Regency

Avocado commodity is one of the horticultural commodities that has high economic value and has great potential to be traded to meet market needs, both domestic and international. This study investigates the variables of farmer participation that are influential in efforts to increase the productivity of Avocado farming based on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), and standard operating procedures (SOP), and the direct and indirect effects of exogenous latent variables of farmer characteristics, farmer abilities, farmer opportunities and production factors, as well as the direct effect of endogenous variables of farmer participation on Avocado farming performance in Baruppu' District, North Toraja Regency. Data were collected from 120 respondents through purposive sampling and analyzed using descriptive statistics and SEM-PLS. The findings showed that influential variables such as farmers' ability, farmers' opportunity, production factors, farmers' participation, and Avocado farming performance were in the moderate category. This indicates that farmers in Baruppu' sub-district have basic knowledge and skills in managing Avocado farming, but there is still room for improvement, and through direct effect analysis results show that all independent variables have a significant effect on farm performance. Production factors, farmer characteristics, farmer abilities, farmer opportunities, and farmer participation all have a positive and significant influence on farm performance.