Abstract
The productivity of white pepper plants and the low quality of yields are the main problems that should be corrected in the management of smallholder plantations in the Bangka Belitung Islands Province. This study aims to determine the factors affecting farmer participation in implementing GAP, as well as how the GAP was implemented. The study was conducted in 3 districts namely West Bangka, Central Bangka, and South Bangka as a center of white pepper production. The respondents consisting of 142 farmers who applied GAP and 82 non-GAP farmers. By using the logit model, it is found that older farmers, more educated, have more family members, have larger planting areas and farmers who are more active in participating in GAP socialization will have more chances of deciding to implement GAP. The implementation of white pepper GAP for each component, on average ranged from 67 to 95 percent.
Highlights
Increasing production and productivity of sustainable plantations is one of the activities in the 2015-2019 Directorate General Plantation Strategic Program, which is aimed at high-value and competitive plantation commodities
This study aims to analyze the factors that affecting the participation of white pepper farmers in Bangka Belitung Islands Province in the implementation of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and how GAP is implemeted by farmers
The technology component in the white pepper GAP consists of land use that is free from contamination of hazardous chemical waste, management of growing media according to growing conditions by adding organic material, irrigation water management is ensured to be free from contamination of hazardous substances and pesticide residues and factory waste, use of seed varieties recommended, the use of live climbing poles, regular fertilization, pest control is naturally recommended, harvest and post-harvest pay attention to the criteria for ready-topick fruit (IPC, 2011)
Summary
Increasing production and productivity of sustainable plantations is one of the activities in the 2015-2019 Directorate General Plantation Strategic Program, which is aimed at high-value and competitive plantation commodities. This is in line with the increasing demands of the international market on agricultural products in terms of product safety, product quality and environmentally friendly cultivation practices (Srisopaporn et al, 2015; Amekawa, 2010; Amekawa, 2013 ; Mergenthaler et al, 2009). Good Agricultural Practice (GAP.) it is increasingly emphasized by the agreement of the ASEAN economic community in 2015 that requires all agricultural products from member countries to have the same quality standards
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