Abstract
Abstract Organic rice farming (ORF) is getting more attention from many parties because conventional rice farming (CRF) has environmental issues and because people’s awareness of healthy food is increasing. The social, economical, and environmental challenges make ORF a potential path forward. This study aims to understand farmers’ responses to ORF. Data were collected through interviews with 37 respondents from Central Java and 67 respondents from South Sulawesi. The respondents, chosen randomly, represented 40.38% CRF farmers and 59.62% ORF farmers. A mean was used to present the difference between CRF and ORF farmers’ responses in each variable. Multiple linear regression was used to describe the factors affecting these responses. Results showed that ORF farmers’ mean on all response variables was higher than CRF farmers’, except market opportunity (MKOP), which showed only a slight difference in means at 4.357 (CRF) and 4.371 (ORF). MKOP is the one area of trust for both CRF and ORF farmers. Both responses from CRF and ORF farmers have value for use by stakeholders to develop Indonesian ORF.
Highlights
Modern people are more aware of eating healthy food
This study shows that Organic rice farming (ORF) farmers’ mean responses are higher than conventional rice farming (CRF) farmers’ in all variables except market opportunity (MKOP), where the mean is quite similar (4.357 [CRF] and 4.371 [ORF])
The results of multiple linear regression showed that CRF experience does not have any significant correlation with any variables for CRF farmers, ORF farmers, or all farmers
Summary
Modern people are more aware of eating healthy food. They may look into organic products (Akerele et al 2016). This trend is increasing and is no longer limited to food and includes other agricultural products. Due to the increasing population, the demand for organic products will most likely increase. This condition makes OF increasingly popular among farmers. OF can contribute to a safer environment, as environments are impacted by CF through the use of chemical material such as pesticides (Costa et al 2014; He et al 2018; Panjaitan et al 2020)
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