Agricultural Practice Assessment to Accelerate Organic Rice Farming Adoption: A Case Study in West Java, Indonesia

Rice is a crucial carbohydrate source for the world population’s food and global food security. The Indonesian government has tried to increase domestic production through the green revolution policy. The government has initiated concerns about enhancing rice quality through organic rice production....

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Main Authors: Sujianto, Ermiati, Sudjarmoko Bedy
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Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2023-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.bio-conferences.org/articles/bioconf/pdf/2023/14/bioconf_icafe2023_04002.pdf
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description Rice is a crucial carbohydrate source for the world population’s food and global food security. The Indonesian government has tried to increase domestic production through the green revolution policy. The government has initiated concerns about enhancing rice quality through organic rice production. Organic rice has been emerging as an alternative to sustainable farming. Unfortunately, the acreage ratio to conventional farming is still relatively low, and productivity declined during the conversion period.This research aimed to explore deeply the agricultural practices between organic and conventional farming for fostering the adoption. That is why it is essential to be assessed comprehensively. This research focused on the organic rice farming production center in Subang and Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java Province. The total respondents were 203, consisting of 100 organic and 103 conventional smallholder farmers, respectively. Agricultural practice data of organic and conventional rice farming systemswere compared descriptively. Statistical analysis used Chi-square and t-test to test the significance of agricultural practices differences between the organic and conventional characteristics. The finding shows that organic rice farming had certain agricultural practices, such as farmers’ preferences to use variety, seedling, transplanting time, watering system, pest control, and fertilization approach. Organic farmers use a premium price-oriented variety, aromatic and red-rice types. Organic rice farmers produced their self-owned seed production. While in the cultivation technique, organic rice farming is considered to have more transplanting days, adopting alternate wetting and drying (AWD), using wide spacing at a minimum of 20x20 cm, and using an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) system.
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spelling doaj.art-bb80b018906b4d9f8f3e7baeb0dcde352023-10-17T08:45:26ZengEDP SciencesBIO Web of Conferences2117-44582023-01-01690400210.1051/bioconf/20236904002bioconf_icafe2023_04002Agricultural Practice Assessment to Accelerate Organic Rice Farming Adoption: A Case Study in West Java, IndonesiaSujianto0Ermiati1Sudjarmoko Bedy2Research Group of Agricultural Innovation and Policy System, Research Center for Macroeconomics and Finance, Research Organization for Governance, Economy, and Community Welfare, Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia (BRIN)Research Center for Cooperative, Corporation, and People’s Economy, National Research and Innovation AgencyResearch Center for Cooperative, Corporation, and People’s Economy, National Research and Innovation AgencyRice is a crucial carbohydrate source for the world population’s food and global food security. The Indonesian government has tried to increase domestic production through the green revolution policy. The government has initiated concerns about enhancing rice quality through organic rice production. Organic rice has been emerging as an alternative to sustainable farming. Unfortunately, the acreage ratio to conventional farming is still relatively low, and productivity declined during the conversion period.This research aimed to explore deeply the agricultural practices between organic and conventional farming for fostering the adoption. That is why it is essential to be assessed comprehensively. This research focused on the organic rice farming production center in Subang and Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java Province. The total respondents were 203, consisting of 100 organic and 103 conventional smallholder farmers, respectively. Agricultural practice data of organic and conventional rice farming systemswere compared descriptively. Statistical analysis used Chi-square and t-test to test the significance of agricultural practices differences between the organic and conventional characteristics. The finding shows that organic rice farming had certain agricultural practices, such as farmers’ preferences to use variety, seedling, transplanting time, watering system, pest control, and fertilization approach. Organic farmers use a premium price-oriented variety, aromatic and red-rice types. Organic rice farmers produced their self-owned seed production. While in the cultivation technique, organic rice farming is considered to have more transplanting days, adopting alternate wetting and drying (AWD), using wide spacing at a minimum of 20x20 cm, and using an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) system.https://www.bio-conferences.org/articles/bioconf/pdf/2023/14/bioconf_icafe2023_04002.pdfriceorganic farmingconventional farmingagricultural practicesindonesia
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Agricultural Practice Assessment to Accelerate Organic Rice Farming Adoption: A Case Study in West Java, Indonesia
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conventional farming
agricultural practices
indonesia
title Agricultural Practice Assessment to Accelerate Organic Rice Farming Adoption: A Case Study in West Java, Indonesia
title_full Agricultural Practice Assessment to Accelerate Organic Rice Farming Adoption: A Case Study in West Java, Indonesia
title_fullStr Agricultural Practice Assessment to Accelerate Organic Rice Farming Adoption: A Case Study in West Java, Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Agricultural Practice Assessment to Accelerate Organic Rice Farming Adoption: A Case Study in West Java, Indonesia
title_short Agricultural Practice Assessment to Accelerate Organic Rice Farming Adoption: A Case Study in West Java, Indonesia
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topic rice
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agricultural practices
indonesia
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