Daftar Isi:
  • The research had been done at Kijang Ulu village, Kayuagung District, Ogan Komering Ilir Regency on January to February 2013. The purpose of this study were : 1) to measure farmer behaviour of lowland swamp rice in post – harvest process 2) to measure factors which influence farmer behaviour 3) to analyze the correlation factors which influence and farmer behaviour of lowland swamp rice. The method used in this study was a survey method. The sampling method was conducted by simple Random Sampling. Sampling farmer was taken 30 farmers of 418 from farmer population. The data used in this study was primary data and secondary data. The result of this research showed that farmer behaviour in post –harvest of lowland swamp rice consist of knowledge, attitude, and skill with total average about 39,63 with high criteria, attitude score with total average about 42,15 with high criteria, and skill score with total average about 41,70 with high criteria. Farmer behaviour in post-harvest activity of lowland swamp rice showed with high criteria about 123,48, it showed that farmer behaviour in post-harvest activity of lowland swamp rice was runs good. Statistical test with Spearman showed that t-count was 0,727 and it was higher than t-table 0,365 it means there was correlation between farmer behaviour with factors that influence farmer behaviour in post-harvest of lowland swamp rice.