TANGGAP PETANI GUREM DI DESA MISKIN KABUPATEN TEMANGGUNG TERHADAP INOVASI TEKNOLOGI PERTANJAN

Peasant farmers' response to the agriculture technology innovation in poor · village of Temanggung District

Abstrak

During new order period, priority  was given to the hi-tech industry sector and less favorable to the agricultural   sector. Many  researchers pointed out that.the previous  policy as the main cause of the current big numbers of peasant farmers.Poor farmers responsed to the innovation differently, Tbe response was affected by several factors. To find out the response, deeper assessment was carried out from August to October 2004 in Ternanggung District.  Peasant  farmers, coming from the medium and high land, were interviewed  using structural questionnaire.  Aside of primary data, secondary data was gathered from related  institutions.   Research showed that high land  peasant  farmers were more passive than medium land  farmers, High land farmers had less ability on capital  improvement, risk-averse  to the new program, discouraged to change fanning practices,  and their expertise improvement effortwas less than those of medium land  farmers. Factors affecting were low education attainment  and less infrastructure supports (i.e.  transportation.informauon,   formal banking institution).  Up to the end of the new order period, KUT!Kredit Usahatani (Farming  Credit)  was the only  source of formal.credit  for farmers, Along with the Banking regulation, KUT was changed to KKP/Kredit Ketahanan  Pangan (Food Security   Credit). However, the new scheme credit  was not fully responded  either.