Salah satu bentuk kepedulian pemerintah terhadap pembangunan pedesaan adalah adanya anggaran pendapatan dan belanja desa (apbdesa) yang lebih dikenal dengan istilah dana desa. desa deralon kecamatan lumbis kabupaten nunukan termasuk salah satu penerima dana desa, sebagian besar penduduknya bermata pencaharian sebagai petani dengan tingkat kesejahteraan yang rendah. melalui program dana desa diharapkan adanya peningkatan hasil pertanian sehingga meningkatkan kesejahteraan petani. penelitian ini merupakan penelitian populasi yang bertujuan mengetahui apa saja kegiatan bidang pertanian yang dibiayai dana desa, mengetahui efektifitas pemanfaatan dana desa yang sudah dilakukan dan mengetahui persepsi masyarakat terhadap peningkatan efektifitas dana desa di bidang pertanian. analisis data menggunakan analisis deskriptif dan analisis kualitatif. adapun hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kegiatan bidang pertanian yang dibiayai menggunakan dana desa dalam pengadaan sarana prasarana yaitu adanya pemberian mesin penggiling padi, mesin penggiling singkong, pompa racun, bibit sawit, pupuk, racun hama, benih sayur dan tersedianya satu mobil yang menjadi operasional desa untuk mengangkut hasil panen dan dalam pemberdayaan masyarakat dilakukan sosialisasi pemeliharaan sawit, sosialisasi perencanaan kebun kakao, dan sosialisasi pemanfaatan pekarangan rumah. kemudian hasil pengukuran efektivitas didapatkan indeks skor sebesar 82,4% yang termasuk dalam interval efektif dan dapat menggambarkan bahwa persepsi responden terhadap pemanfaatan dana desa melalui pengadaan sarana prasarana dan pemberdayaan masyarakat efektif dan tidak terdapat kekurangan dalam penyaluran dana desa pada tahun 2018-2019 tetapi dari sisi lain masyarakat berharap adanya pengawasan terhadap penggunaan dana desa agar tidak terjadi penyelewengan dana desa sehingga pembangunan desa dapat direalisasikan. selain itu, diharapkan generasi muda desa deralon dapat berpartisipasi aktif dalam pengelolaan dana desa untuk meningkatkan efektivitas pemanfaatan dana desa. kata kunci: dana desa, efektivitas, persepsi

One form of government concern for rural development is the village revenue and expenditure budget (apbdesa), known as village funds. deralon village, lumbis subdisfrict, nunukan regency is one of the recipients of the village funds. most of its population are as farmers with low welfare levels. through the village ftnd progams, it is hoped that there will be an increase in agricultural yields so as to improve the welfare of farmers. this research was a population study that aimed to find out what agricultural activities were funded by the village funds, to determine the effectiveness of the use of the village ftmds, and to find out community perceptions of increasing the effectiveness of village funds in agriculture. data were analyzed using descriptive and qualitative analyses. the results showed that apicultural activities were financed using the village filnds in the procurement of infrastructure facilities, namely the provision of rice grinding machines, cassava grinding machines, poison pumps, palm seeds, fertilizers, pest poisons, vegetable seeds and the availability of a vehicle which became the village's transporting vehicle for harvested product. it was also used for community empowerment socialization of oil palm maintenance, socialization of cocoa plantation planning, and socialization of the use of home yards. then the results of the effectiveness measurement obtained an index score of 82.4% which was categorized as effective. it was also found that the respondent's perception ofthe use of village funds through the provision of infrastructure and community empowerment was effective and there were no shortages in the distribution of village finds in 2018-2019. however, the community hoped that there was supervision of the use of village funds so that there was no misappropriation of village funds so that village development could be realized. in addition, it was hoped that the younger generation of deralon village could actively participate in the management of village funds to increase the effectiveness of the use of the funds. key words: village fund, effectiveness, perception