Sikap Petani Anggota Subak terhadap Program Asuransi Usahatani Padi di Subak Yeh Embang, Desa Yeh Embang Kangin, Kecamatan Mendoyo, Kabupaten Jembrana

Abstract

Subak Farmers' Attitudes toward Rice Farming Insurance Program in Subak Yeh
Embang, Yeh Embang Kangin Village, Mendoyo Sub-district, Jembrana Regency

Food security becomes one of the main goals of national development. One of the
efforts undertaken by the Jembrana Regency Government is to implement a special
effort (UPSUS) which is the insurance program of paddy farming (AUTP) since 2015.
Farmers of Subak Yeh Embang who have not followed the insurance program of rice
farming is high (41.46%). The purpose of this research is to investigate the attitude of
the farmers of Subak Yeh Embang on paddy farming insurance program. The research
was conducted in Subak Yeh Embang, Yeh Embang Kangin Village, Mendoyo Subdistrict,
of Jembrana Regency. The respondents were 35 people from the population of
233 farmers who have not followed the paddy farming insurance program determined
by using the Proportional Random Sampling method.
The findings showed that the attitude of farmers of Subak Yeh Embang can be
categorized as agreed with the rice farming insurance by the score of 4.06. The farmers'
attitude toward the objectives, targets, benefits, risks, and success of paddy farming
insurance program included in the category of strongly agree, while farmers' attitude to
compensation, compensation payment, coverage period, amount of claim, and the
approval of the insurance claim are included in the category agreed, and the attitude of
farmers to the organization of the implementation of rice farming insurance program
was the category of doubtful.
Based on the result of the research, it is expected that the extension agents and related
institutions should be more active in conducting counseling and dissemination of
information about rice insurance program (AUTP).