Analisis Sikap Petani Kentang dalam penggunaan Benih Kentang Bersertifikat di Kabupaten Simalungun

Abstrak

The level of motivation of farmers to use certified seed potatoes is very high because it helps farmers grow potatoes well the purpose of this study is to analyze the attitudes of potato farmers in the use of certified seed potatoes in Simalungun Regency. The analysis method used to analyze the attitude of potato farmers in the use of certified seed potatoes is the Fishbein method. The data used is primary data through direct interviews with selected respondents. The results showed that the attitude of potato farmers towards certified seed potatoes in Simalungun Regency was 170.82 with the interpretation of like because certified seed potatoes provide better yields and quality assurance. The most important attribute according to potato farmers is resistance to plant disease pests which is 4.76 importance and 4.78 performance although performance is slightly lower than importance but still in the same criteria which is very important and very good and the lowest is the seed label where the importance is 4.12 and performance is only 4.28.