The Role of Local Institutions in Adopting Rice Paddy Farming Technology in Duria Asi Village, Wonggeduku District, Konawe Regency, Indonesia

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the role of local institutions in the adoption of rice farming technology in Duria Asi Village, Wonggeduku District, Konawe Regency, Indonesia. Implementation time in March-May 2017. This type of research is descriptive with a qualitative approach. The results showed that the role of local institutions, namely extension workers, farmer groups and combined farmer groups  at the stage of education, facilitation, consultation, and evaluation showed that these three institutions were running well. The role of poktan and gapoktan as production units, marketing units did not work well resulting in the frequent production of agricultural products in abundance in the market and prices dropped. During the consultation phase, the three institutions performed their roles well. In the evaluation aspect, the role of the instructor goes well where the evaluation process is carried out by recapitulating the production results obtained from each member of the rice paddy farmer group at the end of the harvest.