Digital Divide of Forest Farmers in Gunungkidul Regency of Indonesia

Abstract

Digital divide is one of global issue mostly experienced by developing countries due to the gap of socioeconomic levels between individuals, households, business, and geographic area. This condition affects the different opportunity to access information and communication technologies (ICTs). This research aims to analyze the digital divide level of forest farmers in Gunungkidul Regency, Indonesia. Three villages in Gunungkidul Regency – Dengok Village, Jepintu Village, and Katongan Villages – were chosen purposively by considering those villages were the training location of Master TreeGrower (MTG) from Australia. The total samples were 60 farmers in which each villages was selected 20 forest peasants by simple random sampling. The data were analyzed using the Likert scale and proportional statistical test. The results show that more than 50% of forest farmers have a high level of digital divide.

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