The Analysis of Application, Knowledge and Perception Rates of Farmers about Organic Vegetable Farming in Samarinda City (Case Study at North Samarinda Subdistrict, East Kalimantan)

Abstract

The objectives of research are: (1) to identify the application rate of organic vegetable farming in Samarinda City, and (2) to understand the knowledge and perception rates of farmers in Samarinda City about organic vegetable farming.

Research is conducted in North Samarinda Subdistrict, Samarinda City, from April to June of 2013. Method of research is survey and sampling technique is simple random sampling. Result of research indicates that (1) the application of organic vegetable farming in Samarinda City is divided into four categories, which are: conventional category for very low application rate, knowing-organic category for low application rate, interest-in-organic category for moderate application rate, and toward-organic category for high application rate; and (2) in average, farmers have moderate knowledge rate about the application of organic vegetable farming. Also, in average, farmers have good perception about or agree for the application of organic vegetable farming in Samarinda City.

Keywords: vegetable, application, organic, knowledge, perception