CHANGES IN KNOWLEDGE AND APPLICATION OF QUALITY RICE SEED

AFTER SL-PTT RICE TRAINING "CASE STUDY" IN SRIHARDONO VILLAGE

PUNDONG DISTRICT BANTUL REGENCY SPECIAL REGION OF
YOGYAKARTA

By
Yamin Hodu

Abstract

Manny efforts in increasing production and productivity have been implemented

through Field School-Integrated Crop Management (SL-PTT) since 2008 and also
PTT or the increasing of intensification quality in previous years. Rice field area
in Srihardono village by 682 hectares and harvested area by 683 hectares. The
productivity by 785 quintals/hectare and the production by 53.173 tonnes/year.
Based on new issue that only 30% of the farmers applying SL-PTT is the reason
the study determined the changes of the farmers knowledge and application in
quality rice seed are need.
The study was conducted on April-June 2016 in Srihardono village, Pundong
District, Bantul Regency of Yogyakarta Special Region. It location was
determined purposively, while it respondents was determined proportionaly
random sampling. Collecting data in this study using primary data, secondary
and interview using a high, medium and low categorized questionnaire. The data
analyzed using descriptive statistics.
The result of this study indicated that there are 4.78% changing of farmers
knowledge, and there are increasing of farmers rice seeds quality implementation
up to 19.67%. Its means that the farmers was already knew and applicated the
quality rice seeds after attend to training of SL-PTT. The changes of knowledge
and application of rice seed quality was caused by great desire of farmers who
want to know and want to apply quality rice seeds that known and adopted in
material presented by local agricultural extention officer.
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Keywords: Change knowledge, implementation, Rice Seeds

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 PERUBAHAN PENGETAHUAN DAN PENERAPAN
BENIH PADI BERMUTU PASCA PELATIHAN SL-PTT PADI
STUDI KASUS DI DESA SRIHARDONO
KECAMATAN PUNDONG KABUPATEN BANTUL
DAERAH ISTIMEWA YOGYAKARTA

Oleh
Yamin Hodu

Intisari

Berbagai upaya peningkatan produksi dan produktifitas telah dilaksanakan

melalui Sekolah Lapang Pengelolaan Tanaman Terpadu (SL-PTT) sejak tahun
2008 maupun melalui PTT atau peningkatan mutu intensifikasi pada tahun-tahun
sebelumnya. Luas lahan sawah Desa Srihardono 682 ha dengan luas panen 683,
Produktifitas 785 kw/ha dengan produksi 53.173 ton/tahun. Dilihat dari
permasalahan baru 30% petani menerapkan SL-PTT sehingga diperlukan kajian
yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui perubahan pengetahuan dan penerapan petani
terhadap benih padi bermutu.
Kajian dilaksanakan pada bulan April-Juni 2016 di Desa Srihardono
Kecamatan Pundong Kabupaten Bantul Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Penentuan
lokasi secara purposive sedangkan penentuan responden secara proposional
random sampling. Pengambilan data dalam kajian ini menggunakan data primer,
sekunder serta wawancara menggunakan kuisioner dengan kategori tinggi, sedang
dan rendah. Analisis data desskriptif menggunakan statistik deskriptif.
Hasil kajian menunjukan bahwa perubahan pengetahuan 4,78% dan
perubahan penerapan benih padi bermutu mengalami kenaikan 19,67% artinya
petani sudah mulai mengetahui dan menrapkan benih padi bermutu setelah
mengikuti pelatihan SL-PTT. Terjadi perubahan pengetahuan dan penerapan
tersebut disebabkan ada keinginan yang besar dari petani yang ingin tahu dan
ingin menerapkan benih padi bermutu yang diketahuinya, serta dapat menyerap
materi-materi yang disampaikan oleh penyuluh setempat.

Kata Kunci : Perubahan Pengetahun, penerapan, Benih Padi

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