| dc.description.abstract | Pesticides are the main choice of chilli farmers to control pests and diseases in
plant’s, because it is more effective, practical, and crops also increased. however, in
practice, chili farmers often use pesticides excessively. They have not realized that
the utilization of excessive agrochemical materials, in a long time can cause
environmental damage, loss of soil containing nutrients and degradation of water
quality. Therefore, it required an effort to prevent or control the occurrence of
environmental pollution due to these pesticides. This research aims to analyze factors
of related With Pesticide Usage Behavior as the effort prevention of environmental
pollution on the chilli farmers in Kecamatan Wuluhan Kabupaten Jember. This
research design was observational and based on the time of the survey used a cross
sectional approach. The number of samples in this research were 68 samples taken
by proportional cluster random sampling technique. Collecting data in this research
using interview technique with questionnaires and observation. Data were analyzed
by using Lambda Asymmetry Associated test statistics with
α = 0.05. The results
showed that there was a significant relationship between knowledge of chili farmers
with pesticide usage behavior as the effort prevention of environmental pollution with
p value = 0.005; there was a significant correlation between attitude of chili farmers
with pesticide usage behavior as the effort prevention of environmental pollution with
p value = 0.033; there was a significant correlation between the role of the
Department of Agriculture Jember with pesticide usage behavior as the effort
prevention of environmental pollution with p value = 0.024; but, nothing significant
relationship between the role of Chili Farmers Association Jember with pesticide
usage behavior as the effort prevention of environmental pollution because p value =
0.212. Based on these results, it is expected that the Department of Agriculture and
Chili Farmers Association Jember to increase their roles of providing guidance,
counsel, and supervise the conduct of chilli farmers in using pesticides to prevent
environmental pollution, expecially in improving knowledge and attitudes of chili
farmers toward pesticide so can make the effort prevention of environmental
pollution and create a quality environment. | en_US |
