AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY DISSEMINATION IN THE 4.0 INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION THROUGH USING OF iTANI APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT:The 4.0 industrial revolution had a significant impact on the people of Indonesia, one of which was the behavior in seeking information. The demand for information services that is easy, fast, precise and accurate requires the Ministry of Agriculture to innovate in disseminating agricultural technology that has been produced so far. Therefore, one of the efforts taken is to develop applications that are named iTani applications. iTani application is a digital library that provides a variety of agricultural information sourced from publications from each work unit in the Ministry of Agriculture. The purpose of this research is to describe the use of iTani applications in disseminating agricultural technology, as well as analyzing iTani application users. This is important in providing supporting data to formulate the next development step. The method used is a descriptive approach, with secondary data obtained from application statistical data (iTani dashboard) as well as data sourced from google analytic. iTani application as a dissemination media has been utilized by stakeholders in obtaining agricultural information. This is indicated by the increasing number of iTani application users every year. In addition, there are 3,264 titles of ebooks from all ePustaka, which have never been borrowed at all, 419 ebook titles, or around 12.8 percent. iTani application users have almost covered all regions of Indonesia, namely approximately 70 regions in Indonesia, and are accessed in several foreign countries such as the United Kingdom, United State, Germany and Japan. In the era of the industrial revolution 4.0, the iTani application has become one of the appropriate media in disseminating agricultural technology, so it is necessary to formulate a strategic plan for future development. Admin in each work unit is the spearhead in the dissemination of agricultural technology through the iTani application, so its success is greatly influenced by the active role of each admin. The continued use of the iTani application, among others, is influenced by the speed and ease of use of the application and the diversity of information, so that the support of agricultural technology information must always be updated by the admin in each work unit.
KEYWORDS: agricultural technology, application, dissemination, iTani