| Abstrakt: |
The use of herbicides in weed control must be done wisely so that negative impacts on land and cultivated plants can be minimized. Herbicide reductants were introduced to Pagaralam coffee farmers through an educational process. This study aims to analyze the characteristics of Pagaralam coffee farmers who are users of herbicide reductants. Comparison of the characteristics of users and non-users of reductants was carried out using the mean test, variance test, and independence test. The selection of respondents was using purposive sampling. The variables studied include the identity of the respondent, the identity of the land, and the culture of coffee farming. There were 125 respondents consisting of 55 users and 70 non-users of herbicide reductants. In the mean test results, only the average planting area per 1 tree, age of tree, maximum selling price of green beans, and number of workers are not the same between the two categories of respondents. While the results of the variance test, only five variables result H0 rejection, namely the number of trees, planting area per 1 tree, age of tree, average price of green beans, and the use of female workers outside the family. The independence test showed that there was a relationship between the respondent's category and every categories variable, that education, land conditions, frequency of herbicide use, impact of chemical herbicides (no reductants) on coffee production, positive impact (good) reductant in coffee plants, the role of relevant agency, the impact after using reductants on the amount of production, the impact after using reductants on net income, number of workers, and length of harvest period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
