Faktor-Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Keputusan Teknologi Panen Dan Dampaknya Terhadap Pendapatan Usahatani Padi Di Kabupaten Aceh Besar

Abstract

This research aims to find out (1) some factors that influence the farmers in using post-harvest technology equipment in Aceh Besar Regency (2) the differences of farmers income using combine harvester and power thresher. The respondents were selected by purposive sampling in 3 Sub-district in Aceh Besar, the amount of the farmers was taken by Slovin’s. The data used were primary and secondary data and the method of the data analysis were logistic regression analysis and t test. The result of this research showed that the selected of post-harvest technology equipment and education influence the labor and grain dryness while the machine working time and grain dryness did not significantly influenced the farmers in choosing the technology of post-harvest equipment and there was a different income for the using of power thresher and combine harvester at 21,69%.