Persepsi Petani Terhadap Informasi Pertanian

Abstract

Information is an essential factor in farming production. The research aims are to identify information need and type in various farming enterprise systems; identify satisfaction level on information fulfillment, as well as on information source for each farming enterprise type. This research uses primary and secondary data. The result shows that there are significant differences in information required and information sources usually accesed by farmers. Agriculture information is not satisfactorily fulfilled on village, sub district, and region levels because the media has not yet optimally function, such the electronic and print media, except for information sources as family, friend, field facilitator/ staff.