PERANCANGAN ALAT TANAM BENIH PADI SEMI OTOMATIS MENGGUNAKAN METODE QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT STUDI KASUS PETANI DI KECAMATAN BALONGPANGGANG, GRESIK

Indonesia is an agrarian country where most of the population works in agriculture or farming, and the crops planted by farmers in Indonesia are rice, but in the process of planting it still uses traditional tools, it is very time-consuming, cost and labor of farmers is very ineffective and inefficient in the processing. By using the method of distributing quality functions, it is hoped that semi-automatic rice seed planting products can be created which can reduce the performance of farmers. In the data collection process consisted of 50 respondents who worked as farmers in Balongpanggang sub-district, Gresik Regency. And get the results of the technical characteristics of this product include the shape of the circle tool, the shape of the hand grip tube, the hole is automatically obtained, the color of the tool is black, 12 holes planting holes, the material for holes is using iron, no need for tools, permanent planting hole, using stainless spring , handwork using iron wrapped in rubber, the length of the flexible tool, the design is minimalist and simple, the distance between holes 20 cm, the capacity of the seeds of 3 kg and the main wheel material PVC pipe. And requires a manufacturing fee of Rp. 665,500.00. This semi-automatic rice seed planting tool has the advantage of having 2 planting grooves that apply the principle of planting legowo rows and the price of relatively affordable products.