Call Prefix : PR-T

Call Suffix : 1980

Call Cutter : T - AgEx 4

Location : SEARCA Library

Format : TD

Publisher : University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB),

Publication Date : November 1980

Publication Place : Los Banos, Laguna, the Philippines :

Summary : The study generally aimed to determine the rice farmers' perception of and attitude toward some aspects of extension work and their adoption of recommended farm practices. Respondents were 144 rice farmers in rice farmers' group in four kecamatans (districts) in Kabupaten Maros, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The respondents had a mean age of 40 years, 53 percent of them were educated until the primary school, and their farming experiences arranged 21 years. Their form size averaged 1.24 hectares, with 42 percent being owner-operators, and their annual income averaged Rp428.060.76. Fifty-three percent had less frequency of extension contacts (less than 16 times/year) and length of membership in rice farmers' group averaged 2.5 years. The findings revealed that a majority (67 percent) of the respondents were high perceivers of extension work. Among the factors considered in the study, only extension contact and length of membership in the rice farmers' group were found significantly related to perception of extension work. Seventy-one percent of the respondents had favorable attitude toward extension work. Age, educational attainment, income, extension contact, and length of membership in the rice farmers' group were significantly ralated to attitude toward extensin work. There was a highly significant relationship between perception of and attitude toward extension work. More than half (57 percent) of the respondents were high adopters of farm practices recommended. Both perception of and attitude toward extension work were significantly related to adoption of recommended farm practices.