ANALISIS KEPUASAN PETANI TERHADAP BENIH PADI DARI UPT BALAI BENIH PERTANIAN BARONGAN KABUPATEN BANTUL
Abstract
The aim of the study was to find out the farmers’ satisfactionlevel toward
rice seed from UPT Balai Benih Pertanian (Farming Seed Center) Barongan. In
addition, this study was aimed to discover the farmers’ loyalty level toward rice
seed from UPT Balai Benih Pertanian (Farming Seed Center) Barongan. The
number of participants in this study was 60 people who were selected by using
cluster sampling technique, the participans were chosen based on three
catagories (1) farmers who bought rice seed fromrice seed seller, (2) farmers who
bought rice seedfrom farmer group, and (3) farmers who bought rice seed directly
at UPT Balai Benih Pertanian (Farming Seed Center) Barongan. The data was
collected through interview with the question guideline and the data was analyzed
by using descriptive analysis. The result of the study showed that from the three
categories, the farmers had “satisfied” criteria toward UPT Balai Benih
Pertanian (Farming Seed Center) Barongan with the mean score of the farmers
who bought rice seed from the seed seller was 37,70, farmer who bought rice seed
from farmer group was 42,65, and farmers who bought rice seed directly at UPT
Balai Benih Pertanian (Farming Seed Center) Barongan was 44,30. For the
loyalty level, the overall level from the three famers’ categories showed excellent
peak condition (level of committed buyer).