COMMUNITY PERCEPTION OF THE EXISTENCE OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY PARK GARING HANTAMPUNG IN PALANGKA RAYA CITY OF CENTRAL KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA

Abstract

One of the government programs to develop agriculture in Indonesia is by establishing Agricultural Technology Parks. The Agricultural Technology Park (TTP) is one of the programs initiated by President Joko Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla, which was assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) in 2015 through the Research and Development Agency. Conceptually, the Agricultural Technology Park (TTP) represents one of the model choices developed by the Ministry of Agriculture to foster new business clusters as a result of technology diffusion and area development, collaboratively managed with relevant institutions, communities, and local farmer groups. The community plays a significant role in the sustainability of activities within the TTP. Therefore, the presence of the surrounding community certainly also influences the condition of the TTP. The existence of the TTP inevitably gives rise to assessments of strengths and weaknesses from the community. In a study (Wulandari, 2008), public opinion regarding a program was identified as the most significant predictor of community involvement in operational activities. This study examines how the community perceives the TTP program and its association with shaping the perceptions and knowledge of the individuals participating in the TTP program. This study aims to analyze the level of knowledge and perception of the community regarding the existence of the Agricultural Technology Park (TTP) Garing Hantampung in Palangka Raya City. Additionally, it aims to analyze the relationship between the community's perception and knowledge levels concerning the presence of the Agricultural Technology Park (TTP) Garing Hantampung in Palangka Raya City. The data collected for this research consist of primary and secondary data. This research was conducted in Banturung Sub-district, Bukit Batu District, Palangka Raya City, Central Kalimantan. The sampling technique employed was the Simple Random Sampling method, where each population element had an equal chance of being selected as a sample, and the selection was performed randomly without regard to strata (levels) within the population. By utilizing the Slovin's method, a total of 90 households were determined as the sample size. The data were analyzed by assigning scores to the questionnaire responses and were assessed descriptively. Additionally, the Rank Spearman correlation analysis was employed for further examination. The research findings indicate that the level of community knowledge regarding the existence of the Agricultural Technology Park (TTP) Banturung Garing Hantampung in Palangka Raya city is relatively high, with a percentage of 58.26%, categorized as fairly elevated. On the other hand, the perception level of the community is 45.12%, falling under the low category. There exists a weak correlation between the knowledge and perception of the community towards the presence of TTP Garing Hantampung in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan Province. This is substantiated by a correlation coefficient value of 0.297.

Keywords

• ttp
• perception
• knowledge