Abstract:
The purpose of this research is to know farmer perception and response concerning Integrated Crop Management Field School (Sekolah Lapang Pengeloaan Tanaman Terpadu/SL-PTT) in the Pulau Birandang village. This research was conducted from May 2012 to September 2012. The method that the reasearch used was survey method, the purpose this research used descriptive analysis and Likert Scale. The sample take used by random sampling. The sampling of the research was 30 farmers SL-PTT participants.
Farmer perception score against SL-PTT program at Pulau Birandang Village averagely 2.7 with a very good category. Farmers feel that this program is able to provide advantages compared with previously evidenced by increased production, with a good level of alignment means that components of a given technology in accordance with the needs and wishes of farmers, the complexity is not difficult component technology means farmers can do themselves, can be tried in whatever scale and easily observed in a relatively more quickly. From the aspect of knowledge, farmers expressed good response as more than 60% of the sample farmers have increased knowledge after completing my SL-PTT. Aspects of good expressed as changes in the attitude of farmers' attitudes towards innovation ranging from the familiar to want to apply. Aspects of skill has reached a condition where farmers have been skilled in the management of their farm.
