TINGKAT ADOPSI VARIETAS INPARA DI LAHAN RAWA LEBAK

Abstract

Adoption was a process of behavior change either in the form of knowledge, attitudes  and  skills  in  a  person  in  accepting  innovation  delivered  by  farming educator.The  research  objective  was  to  determine  the  level  of  Inpara  adoption   in swampyland with information output of Inpara adoption varieties in swampylands.The research  was  conducted  in  swampyland  on  Tapin  and  Hulu  Sungai  Utara  (HSU) district  during  February  to  May  2015.Total  sample  of  60  people  selected  randomly distributed in the six villages.  Data were analyzed descriptively both qualitative and quantitative  data  with  scoring  techniques.Results  showed  that  the  level  of  Inpara adoption  on  swampyland  remained  low,  i.e.  66.88%/year  on  HSU  district  and  (-74.56%/year) on Tapin district.The low level of adoption was due to the selection of varieties  that  had  been  developed  in  swampland,  namely  Ciherang,  Mekongga  and some  numbers  Inpari  adaptive  and  dissemination  of  varieties  Inpara  not  widely distributed to  swampyland  area.Despite the level of knowledge of  farmers on Inpara varieties was relatively high (68.3%) and attitudes of farmers toward Inpara varieties innovation  were  classified  agree  (72.9%),  not  yet  ensure  increased  adoption  of Inpara varieties in the two districts.