Interest of Rice Farmers to Apply Warehouse Receipt System in Bantul Indonesia: Theory of Planned Behavior Approach

Abstract

The Warehouse Receipt System is one of the solutions of meager rice prices because it has the concept of delaying the sale of grain which aims to get a better selling price. Management performance and policy will affect farmers' interest in implementing the Warehouse Receipt System. This study aims to determine the interest of farmers in implementing the Warehouse Receipt System and to analyze the relationship between the characteristics of farmers and their interests. Sampling was conducted by way of purposive sampling method to be analyzed by the theory of planned behavior approach. The level of interest of farmers in implementing the Warehouse Receipt System in Bantul Regency is in the highest category. There is a close relationship between the characteristics of farmers and the level of interest of farmers in implementing the Warehouse Receipt System. Rice production, land area, farming experience, and rice warehouse distance are positively correlated with farmers' interest in applying the warehouse receipt system. Therefore, it is suggested that there needs to be government cooperation with farmers in managing the warehouse receipt system.

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“…The survey was conducted in July and August 2021. Subjective norms 5 [10][11][12] Perceived behavioral control 5 [10,14,44] Perceived ease of use 4 [1,45,46] Perceived usefulness 3 [44][45][46] Perceived cost 5 [1] Innovation openness 3 [47,48] Organizational factors 10 [1,48] An official application was made to the Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Committee of Cukurova University, Institute of Natural Sciences before commencing the field study. The questionnaire underwent a comprehensive assessment by this committee, and all requisite permissions were accordingly secured, as indicated in the official letter dated 8 July 2021 (protocol code E.135855).…”

“…Hence, when attitude toward behavior exists, each belief leads behavior to a positive or negative result [16]. As Widodo and Sholichah [10] stated, attitudes toward behavior have positive effects on farmers' intention to prefer WRS. Some other studies also indicated that farmers who have a more positive attitude toward new systems in agriculture tend to adopt them more [22][23][24].…”

“…It means that people who have positive perceptions of their social environment are more engaged with the behavior. Previous studies revealed that subjective norms can be a determinant in understanding farmers' intention to adopt new production systems or technologies [10,24]. There seems to be a need to investigate the presence of any associations between subjective norms and farmers' intention to use WRS in the future.…”

“…People evaluate how difficult or easy it is to perform a behavior, and these perceptions can influence their behavior [16]. Perceived behavioral control has been proven to be a salient factor having an impact on farmers' intention or final behavior to use new methods [10,25,26]. In this regard, it is very important to reveal any relationships between this factor and farmers' intention to prefer WRS.…”

“…The literature includes some studies that enabled us to have a better understanding of demographics and factors affecting farmers' WRS preference [9][10][11], the role of WRS on farmers' income level [5,12,13], small-scale farmers' access to financial resources [14], farmers' perceptions of the warehouse receipt system [1], and views of the warehouse receipt system and the expectations of olive oil farmers toward the warehouse receipt system [15]. However, no studies were found to have focused on the behavioral factors on preferences of farmers' warehouse receipt systems.…”