PERCEPTION OF FARMERS TOWARD ORGANIC PESTICIDE

This study aims to analyze the perception of farmers in Central Java, toward the organic pesticides regarding their benefits, the safety of use, price and quality, easiness level, usage, the internal, and external factors affecting the perception of farmers, then level of education and knowledge of pesticide organic. This study is cross-sectional research with a sample of 36 potato farmers from Dieng Plateau, uses primary data obtained from the questionnaire. The results showed that the main perception of using organic pesticide was influenced by internal factors, the lowest perception score is for the usage. The components of this paper consist of introduction, literature review, materials and methods, result and discussions, conclusions with limitation and future research. Keywords : Farmer, potato, pesticide, perceptio