Abstract:
The aims of this research are: 1) to analyze the characteristics of civil palm farmers in Rantau Bais Village, Tanah Putih sub-district, RokanHilir district. 2) to analyze innovation adoption process of civil palm farmers to biotricom compost in in Rantau Bais Village, Tanah Putih sub-district, RokanHilir district. 3) to analyze level of innovation adoption of civil palm farmers to biotricom compost in Rantau Bais Village, Tanah Putih sub-district, RokanHilir district. The research was conducted from December 2012 until July 2013. The data used in this research are primary data and secondary data. Methods that used in this study are survey method and demonstration plots. The analytical method used is ordinal scale based on Likert scale. The number of respondents used in this research were 30 people of civil palm farmers in Rantau Bais Village, Tanah Putih sub-district, RokanHilir district. The results of this study showed that the innovation adoption of civil palm farmers seen from internal characteristics, is categorized low, and external characteristics is categorized very low. Innovation adoption processes can be seen through the five stages, namely: 1) Knowledge of farmers is categorized middle, 2) Persuasion of perceived innovation characteristics is categorized high 3) Decision to adopt is categorized middle, the decision not to adopt is categorized very low 4) Implementation is categorized low 5) Confirmation is categorized very low. Therefore, the level of inovation adoption of civil palm farmers in Rantau Bais Village, Tanah Putih sub-district, RokanHilir district is categorized low.