Abstract
Poor level of knowledge and low level of technology adoption can reduce the production of a rice paddy in an agricultural business run by the farmer. Integrated Crop Management (ICM) is an innovation elaborated by the government to deal with these issues. Kepulauan Bangka Belitung Province through the Institute of Agricultural Assessment already implemented ICM to improve the production of crops. The study aims were to describe the Integrated Crop Management (ICM) and to analyze the factors that affected the ICM adoption in agricultural rice paddy business in Rias Village, Toboali District. This study was a survey study conducted in March until June 2019 involving 50 participants from farmer groups who implemented ICM, namely, Sinar Bone and Mekar Berkembang farmer group. Scoring method and multiple linear regression used to analyze the study result. There were three indicators used to describe the ICM level adoption: low, moderate, and high. Statistical analysis showed that the ICM components' adoption level was classified into a high category with a mean of 118.17 points or 78.78%. But on the other side, the component of integrated pest management (IPM) was still classified on the low category with a total of point of 80 or 53.33%. The tillage system component was obtained the highest score with a total of point of 140 or 93.33%. Factors affected the ICM adoption level were education level, agricultural business experience, agricultural extention and the wide of the agricultural area.
Highlights
The implementation of Integrated Crop Management (ICM) is an effort conveyed to increase the production of food commodities by the agricultural field
These results indicated that partially four variables affect the Y variable (the ICM adoption level on agricultural rice paddy business in Rias Village, Toboali District, they were education (X2), agricultural business experience (X3), agricultural extention (X4) and the agricultural area size (X5)
The conclusion from this study which finds the level of ICM adoption on rice paddy agricultural business in Rias Village Toboali District are: The farmer ICM level of adoption was classified into the highest category with the mean of 118.17 or 78.78%, while the lowest category on the ICM component was integrated pest management (IPM) with the point of 80 or 53.33 %
Summary
The implementation of ICM is an effort conveyed to increase the production of food commodities (rice paddy, corn, and soybean) by the agricultural field. As an effort to increase the rice paddy production in Kepulauan Bangka Belitung Province, the Institute of Agricultural Assessment was directed an ICM through a Field School-ICM. A study conducted by Fachrista (2013) showed that the ICM adoption could be affected by some factors: the education level, the wide of the farming area, the accessibility on the farming agricultural business, market, and technological sources. Kariyasa and Dewi (2013) found that the ICM adoption was affected by age, level of education, productivity, the distance between the farmer’s house to the technological sources and the assembly point This result was contrary to the result of a study done by Sadikin (2011) which stated that socialeconomic factors did not affect the ICM implementation on the farmers. The aims of this study were: (1) To describe the level of technology adoption on the Integrated Crop Management (ICM) on the rice paddy farming agricultural bussiness (Oryza sativa L.) in Rias Village, Toboali District and (2) To analyze factors that affected the level of technology adoption on the Integrated Crop Management (ICM) on the rice paddy farming agricultural bussiness (Oryza sativa L.) in Rias Village, Toboali District
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