HUBUNGAN KARAKTERISTIK PETANI DENGAN PERSEPSI PETANI TERHADAP SISTEM RESI GUDANG KOMODITAS PADI (Oryza Sativa) DI KECAMATAN JATEN KABUPATEN KARANGANYAR

Warehouse receipt system has a very useful role for the life of farmers, particularly in assisting farmers in marketing their results, provision of warehousing facilities and credit. Direct correlation between the warehouse receipt system for farmers especially rice commodities. The existence of a new warehouse receipt system is running in sub district Jaten is necessary to know how the perceptions of farmers towards the existence of these institutions, so that will be used as a basis to further maximize the performance of the warehouse receipt system as a partner farmers. This research aimed to analyze the perceptions of farmers towards warehouse receipt system, conditions characteristic of internal and external factors and analyze the relationship between characteristics of farmers and farmer perceptions of warehouse receipt system rice commodity in Sub District Jaten Regency Karanganyar. This research was conducted in Sub District Jaten by using descriptive analytical method. The research location was determined purposively in Sub District Jaten, because the warehouse and management of warehouse receipt system in Sub District Jaten. Respondents as much as 60 respondents using teknik proportional random sampling. While the analytical methods used to analyze the characteristics of farmers and farmer perceptions of warehouse receipt system rice commodity using the median score while to know the relationship between the characteristics of farmers with farmer perceptions of the warehouse receipt system using Spearman Rank Correlation Test Keofisien (rs). Based on this result research the characteristics of the farmer in the Subdistrict Jaten including the median score combined 2 with category medium. Perception of farmers on warehouse receipt system rice commodity is included in a combined median score 2 with category medium. Results of Spearman Rank analysis and test of significance at 95% confidence level is obtained the result that the relationship between the characteristics of farmers with farmer perceptions of the Warehouse Receipt System in rice commodities is that there is no significant relationship between the area of land tenure to farmers' perceptions of the Warehouse Receipt System, there is a significant correlation between perceptions of formal education with f farmer perceptions of the Warehouse Receipt System in rice commodities and there was a significant relationship between non-formal education, experience, social environment, economic environment, and information with farmers' perception of Warehouse Receipt System in commodities of rice in Sub District Jaten Regency Karanganyar