PENGGUNAAN INTERNET DALAM PENERAPAN TEKNOLOGI MINAPADI DI KECAMATAN SEYEGAN KABUPATEN SLEMAN
Abstract
Minapadi is a technology of rice and fish cultivation in one rice field area to optimize land
use. The application of Minapadi technology is carried out by direct training. Minapadi
farmers in Seyegan District, Sleman Regency have initiations to use the internet as
additional information in the application of Minapadi cultivation technology. This study
aims to determine the level of internet usage by Minapadi farmers and find out the factors
that influence internet use by Minapadi farmers in Seyegan District, Sleman Regency. The
basic method of this research is analytical descriptive with a survey method quantitative
approach. The research location was determined purposively in Seyegan District, Sleman
Regency. The sampling method was carried out by census as many as 59 respondents. Data
analysis used proportion test and multiple linear regression analysis. The results of the
study show that the level of internet use by farmers is in the high category. The factors that
influence the use of the internet by farmers are experience, motivation, and perceptions of
farmers.