PERSEPSI PETANI TERHADAP PENERAPAN BUDIDAYA PADI DENGAN METODE SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION (SRI) DI KECAMATAN INDRAPURI KABUPATEN ACEH BESAR PROVINSI ACEH

In order to encourage the stability of rice production, the government set a policy to implement integrated factory management (GP-PTT) and other rice intensification action included application which System of Rice Intensification (SRI). The purpose of this study is to determine farmers' perceptions of the application of SRI cultivation methods, and to determine the relationship between farmer characteristics and perceptions of the application of the SRI method. The study was conducted from October to December 2018. The study located at Gampong Cot Kareung, Indrapuri sub-district, Aceh Besar district, Aceh Province. There were 30 members of Tani Bijeh Mata Women's Group were targeted as research respondents. The basic analytics is descriptive method and the data analyzed by spearman rank correlation. The results of this study as a whole the average perceptions of farmers members of KWT Bijeh Mata conducted have a value of 3.3 by using the Likert measurement scale indicating that the level of perception is still categorized as good. There is a relationship between age characteristics and farmers' perceptions and there is a strong relationship to the characteristics of ownership status with perception. As for income characteristics, land area, education, experience and intensity of participating in agricultural training did not have a relationship with farmers' perceptions of the SRI cultivation method