PERSEPSI DAN TINGKAT ADOPSI PETANI TERHADAP INOVASI USAHATANI SORGUM DI DESA KAWALELO KECAMATAN DEMON PAGONG KABUPATEN FLORES TIMUR

Abstract

This study aims to determine: 1) Characteristics of sorghum farmers, 2) Perception of farmers on innovation in sorghum farming, 3) Level of adoption of farmers on innovation in sorghum farming, 4) The relationship between farmer perceptions and the level of farmer adoption of innovation in sorghum farming. This research was conducted by surveying all populations of 43 sorghum farmers. To find out the first objective, the data were analyzed descriptively qualitatively, the second and the third objective of the data were analyzed by means of statistical tests based on the mean (mean) and the fourth objective the data were tabulated using the Spearman rank correlation. The results showed that: 1) The characteristics of sorghum farmers in Kawalelo Village were planting sorghum on their own dry land with an average land area of 0.1 ha to 1 ha, with the production of sorghum in one planting season was 26,013 kg of  21 ha land area, 2) Farmers' perceptions of innovation in sorghum farming are in the good category with an average score of 28.83.  This shows that farmers in the research village accept sorghum farming innovation well, 3) The level of farmer adoption of sorghum farming innovation in Kawalelo Village is in the high category. This means that farmers in the research area have accepted and implemented sorghum innovations in their farms. 4) The relationship between perceptions and the level of farmer adoption of sorghum farming innovation in the research village is significant. This means that the better the farmers perception of innovation in sorghum farming, the higher the level of adoption of this innovation.