Author(s): Hamidah Molaei
This research aimed to analyze the effect of farmers’ characteristics, ihsan attitudes, economic conditions, and socio-cultural environment. This research was conducted in Bangkalan Regency, involving 3 districts with the largest, medium and smallest percentage of poor families (BPS, 2015) namely Sepuluh District (87.26%), Tanah Merah District (54.95%), and Tragah District (12.92%). The better the farmer characteristics were, the better the farmer behaviors to meet food needs would be. Ihsan attitudes of farmers become an interesting part to be studied more deeply by the researchers and it is a novelty or authenticity in this research.