Open AccessTREATMENT AND USE OF PESTICIDES IN SHALLOT CULTIVATION IN CIREBON REGENCY
Author(s) -
Valeriana Darwis,
Chairul Muslim,
Iwan Setiaji Anugrah
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of food system and agribusiness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2654-5853
pISSN - 2597-9426
DOI - 10.25181/jofsa.v5i2.2101
Subject(s) - pesticide , agricultural science , agriculture , purchasing , business , production (economics) , toxicology , microbiology and biotechnology , geography , environmental science , marketing , biology , agronomy , economics , macroeconomics , archaeology
Shallots are strategic horticultural crops whose availability is of concern to the government. The availability of shallots depends on production and the success of production is influenced by the use of inputs, including the use of pesticides. Pesticides are poisonous products if they are used not in accordance with the instructions. Therefore, this paper aims to see a portrait of the use of pesticides and the treatment of farmers in shallot cultivation in Cirebon Regency. The survey was held in the first week of September 2020 in 4 sub-districts of shallot producer centers. Primary data collection was carried out by direct interview method using a questionnaire to 22 farmers, which are spread in Gebang, Pabedilan, Losari, and Babakan Districts. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive analysis. The analysis shows that: (i) pesticides are always used by respondents in every phase of cultivation activities. As a result, the cost of purchasing pesticides is many and varied, even reaching 25% of the total cost of farming; (ii) determining the selection of pesticides is more on one's own experience or seeing the success of other farmers. So there is no need to read the instructions for use on the label and use more than the recommended dose; and (iii) there is still a lack of knowledge on how to use pesticides correctly. Among them are not using personal protective equipment when spraying and blowing directly if the tool is clogged. In order to maintain farmers' health, not damage the environment and buy pesticides according to their needs, it is suggested that the SL-IPM Program needs to be implemented again.