Farmer Response to The Implementation of Farmer Card

Abstract

The Farmer Card policy is intended to support agricultural development, particularly in increasing rice production and productivity. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the purpose of the Farmer Card is to protect fertilizer subsidies. If the need for fertilizer is fulfilled, it will impact rice farming production and efficiency, and food needs will be fulfilled. This study aims to determine farmers' response to a farmer card program in rice farming in the Jember Regency. The sample used was 20 farmers in each of Ambulu District, Wuluhan District, and Balung District. Data analysis used a proportion test on several indicators to be asked, namely the cognitive, affective, and conative indicators of farmers. The results showed that less than 60 percent of rice farmers in Jember Regency had a high response to the existence of a farmer card. This shows that farmers do not know about the purpose of giving farmer cards, the benefits of farmer cards, and the use of farmer cards. Most of the rice farmers in Jember Regency have an inadequate response to the existence of this farmer card, which is around 56.67 percent. As much as 70.12 percent of the diversity of farmer response variables is influenced by the variety of age, land area, education level, membership status of farmer groups, and the role of extension workers, other variables outside the model influence the remaining 29.88 percent. Based on the estimation results, it was found that age had a positive but not significant effect. This shows that the farmer's age does not affect the farmer's response to the existence of a farmer card. In addition, the area of land and the dummy role of the extension agent also did not affect farmers' response to the existence of a farmer card