The Farmer-s Willingness to Preserve Rice Farming in Sub Urban Area of Sleman Regency Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Triyono
Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
Abstract
This research aims to know the level of knowledge of farmers about government regulations on the protection of agricultural land sustainable food and knowing the factors that influence the farmer-s willingness to preserve for rice farming. The location is determined by purposive method in six villages which belong to sub urban area of sleman regency. Thirty farmers are chosen as respondents using simple random sampling technique. This research is using the logistic regression to analyze the factors that influence the farmer-s willingness to preserve for rice farming. The result show that knowledge of farmers about government regulations on the protection of agricultural land sustainable food is still very low. Logistic regression analysis shows age, farming experience, farming income, availability of credit and land status significantly influence the the farmer-s willingness to preserve for rice farming. On the average, the opportunity of the sustainable farming for farmer in sub urban area of sleman regency is low abaout 53.33 percent.
Keywords: willingness to preserve, rice farming
Topic: International Symposium on Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, and Religious Studies