Perception and Behavior Pest and Disease Control of Granola Potato in Paguyangan Sub-district, Brebes Regency, Central Java, Indonesia

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10.2991/978-94-6463-128-9_40How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Potato; Behavior; Farmers; Perception; Granola

Abstract

Potato price tends to fluctuate, and the cost of production is quite high, causing the interest of farmers in growing potatoes to decline. Picture of the level of knowledge of farmers in the control of pests and diseases in potato crops, the perception of farmers in the control of potato pests and plant diseases, the potato attitude of farmers to control pests and diseases of potato crops, behavior of farmers in the control of pests and diseases in potato crops related to the concept of integrated pest management and still keep, preserve the environment. This study aimed to determine the implementation of pest and disesase control. The number of respondents and 100 samples selected by purposive sampling to represent the overall consideration of potato farmers who are members of farmer groups in the village of Paguyangan sub district. Retrieval of data using questionnaires and interviews. Data were analyzed with nonparametric statistical using Spearman correlation. The results showed that The results showed that 80% of respondents had a high level of knowledge of the category, 15% of respondends had a neutral of knowledge and 5% of respondends had low and have a positive correlation on the behavior of farmers in the control of potato pests and plant diseases; perception of 67% of respondents had a neutral perception, 30% of respondents had a good of have perception, 3% of respondents had a bad of have perception of positive and negative correlation on the behavior of potato pest control; attitude 15% of respondents had a neutral stance, 85% of respondents had a good stance and 0% of respondents had a bad stance were positively correlated (0.485) to control the behavior of pests and diseases of potato.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Siti Mudmainah
AU  - Khusnul Khotimah
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/04/19
TI  - Perception and Behavior Pest and Disease Control of Granola Potato in Paguyangan Sub-district, Brebes Regency, Central Java, Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture for Rural Development (ICSARD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 409
EP  - 422
SN  - 2468-5747
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-128-9_40
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-128-9_40
ID  - Mudmainah2023
ER  -