Accelerating innovation adoption in the “Tagrinov” program in Bali Province

Abstract

One of the natural resources that has the potential to improve the performance of rural farmers is the use of yards. Various efforts have been made by the Ministry of Agriculture, one of which is the Agricultural Innovation Gardens (Tagrinov), which has been a model for government offices. This research was conducted in Bengkel Village, Buleleng Regency, in October-December 2019. The number of respondents was set at 30 farmers implementing the program. The study aim is to identify the level of group adoption of disseminated technological innovations that are profit-oriented farmer groups. The basic research method is descriptive method, using survey technique. The classification of the level of farmer adoption of the technology is divided into 3 categories (high, medium and low) using intervals. The adoption rate analysis for the herd level used the formula N = SA x IA. Followed by analysis of farm income using the following approach: Pd = TR - TC. The results showed the effectiveness of increasing farmers’ knowledge by 64.68% (quite effective), farmers’ attitudes towards the material increased by 3.86 (good category), group adoption rate by 88.11% (high adoption) and as a whole can provide additional income for farmer groups of Rp.752.556,-/month.