PERANAN WANITA TANI DALAM PENERAPAN TEKNOLOGI BUDIDAYA SAYURAN DI LAHAN PASIR PANTAI KECAMATAN SANDEN KABUPATEN BANTUL

This research aimed to know the role of women farmers in the application of vegetables cultivation technology and the factors that affect the role of women farmers in the application of vegetables cultivation technology, and also determine the influence of the role of women farmers and other factors that influence the adoption of vegetables cultivation technology. Descriptive method with survey techniques is used in this research. Sampling villages and farmer groups conducted purposively, while sampling of women farmers were chosen by simple random sampling. Total sample amounted to 60 women farmers consist of 30 women farmers from the Manunggal farmer groups and 30 women farmers from the Pasir Makmur farmer groups. The proportion test and multiple linear regression test is the method analysis which is used. The results showed that the role of women farmers in the application of vegetables cultivation technology in the middle category, while the rate of adoption of vegetables cultivation technology is high. The age and knowledge gave positive influence on the role of women farmers, while education, women farmers activity in extension, attitude, motivation, family members, total of productive family members, family income, and the cultural value orientation did not significantly affect on the role of women farmers. The age, education, and women farmers activity in extension gave positive influence on the adoption of vegetables cultivation technology, while the role of women farmers, knowledge, attitude, motivation, family members, total of productive family members, family income, and the cultural value orientation did not significantly affect the adoption of vegetables cultivation technology