Response and assessment of farmers on maize seed technology of Nasa 29 new high yielding varieties in Sigi District, Central Sulawesi

Abstract

The use of New High Yielding Varieties of maize plays an important role in efforts to increase maize production. New High Yielding Varieties that introduced at the field school of the seed village self-sufficient is NASA-29. This New High Yielding Varieties of hybrid maize has many advantages, including produce double cobs with a frequency up to 70%, full seed filling on the cobs, the corncob is relatively small and hard so it is resistant to breaking when it is shelled, high yield, and the stalks is stronger. This study aims to determine the response and assessment of farmers in Sigi Regency to the seed technology of Nasa-29 New High Yielding Varieties. The study was carried out from January to December 2018 at the Langgeng Farmer Group, Kaleke Village. Respondents are farmers who carry out the field school of the seed village self-sufficient. Response data were analyzed using scoring method, to measure the importance of the NASA-29 New High Yielding Varieties’ assessment level. The method that used is The IPA method (Important and Performance Analysis). Farmers’ responses to the technology components delivered at the field school were in the doubtful to very interested category (scoring 3,00-5,00), the highest response is harvest on time (5,00), and the lowest response is the spacing of 70 cm x 20 cm with 1 seed per hole. The results of the IPA analysis that have been obtained, it is known that not all farmers’ expectations of NASA-29 attributes are in accordance with the level of importance to the production of seeds for breeders.