Artikel (Peran Kelompok Tani dan Persepsi Petani terhadap Penerapan Budidaya Padi Organik di Kabupaten Jember)

Syamsul, Hadi (2019) Artikel (Peran Kelompok Tani dan Persepsi Petani terhadap Penerapan Budidaya Padi Organik di Kabupaten Jember). Jurnal Penyuluhan, September 2019, Vol. 15 No. 2.

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Abstract

Farmers in Jember regency have a weak awareness to shift from non-organic farming to organic farming. They are still complacent with the system of application of agricultural technology that is fast and easy. Whereas it has been socialized by the extensionists that the productivity of land with organic system is higher, production costs tend to be lower and output prices are more competitive in the market. The existence of farmer groups also does not give much meaning to the level of participation of its members. Therefore, the purpose of this research is 1) to analyze the role of farmer groups in encouraging the participation of their members towards the application of organic rice cultivation, and 2) to analyze the influence of farmers perceptions about the assurance of the price of organic rice products on the level of farmers' participation. Used descriptive research method quantitative and qualitative through survey technique. Used descriptive and scoring analysis via Likert scale approach and simple linear regression. The results reveal that the role of farmer groups is quite successful in encouraging members to implement organic farming systems with the following arguments: 1) Lack of knowledge and role of farmer groups in giving information related to organic farming (44%); 2) Low level of farmer awareness, impatient and (12%), 3) Lack of information related to organic farming systems from local PPL (24%); and 4) Market guarantee of organic products has not yet convinced farmers (20%). The perception factor of farmer to product price guarantee have real effect to farmer participation level in the application of organic rice cultivation .

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Role of Farmer Group, Organic Rice Cultivation, Farmer perception
Subjects: 800 Literature and Rhetoric > 807 Education and Research of Literatures
Divisions: Faculty of Agriculture > Department of Agribusiness (S1)
Depositing User: Syamsul Hadi
Date Deposited: 30 Dec 2019 06:35
Last Modified: 30 Dec 2019 06:35
URI: http://repository.unmuhjember.ac.id/id/eprint/3190

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