dc.description.abstract | Subsidized fertilizers are fertilizers that are supervised by the government and
receive subsidies for their procurement and distribution. Deli Serdang Regency is
one of the regions that receives subsidized fertilizer assistance but there are still
several obstacles in its distribution, namely irregularities in the distribution of
subsidized fertilizers, imbalances between availability and needs, and inaccuracies
in distribution. The research was conducted to find out farmers' perceptions of the
subsidized fertilizer redemption mechanism. The data analysis method used was
descriptive analysis to explain the pattern of subsidized fertilizer redemption and
farmers' perception of the subsidized fertilizer redemption mechanism, ordinal
logistic regression analysis to see the factors that affect farmers' perception of the
subsidized fertilizer redemption mechanism. The data used is primary data obtained
directly from the field through interview methods and questionnaire distribution, in
addition to data processing using Spss. The results of the study show that there are
six stages in the pattern of subsidized fertilizer redemption in Deli Serdang Regency.
Farmers' perception of the subsidized fertilizer redemption mechanism can be
explained by the variables of farmer age, education level, farming experience, land
area, capital, institutional, cosmopolitan of 87.4% while the remaining 12.6% is
explained by other variables outside the model. Farmers' perception of the
subsidized fertilizer redemption mechanism is to know. Factors of farming
experience, land area, capital, and institutions have a significant effect on farmers'
perception of the subsidized fertilizer redemption mechanism, while the factors of
farmers' age, education level and cosmopolitan do not have a significant effect on
farmers' perception of the subsidized fertilizer redemption mechanism. | en_US |