IMPLEMENTING GOOD AGRICULTURE PRACTICE (GAP) AND ITS IMIMPLEMENTING GOOD AGRICULTURE PRACTICE (GAP) AND ITS IMPACT ON THE COFFEE PRODUCTIVITY OF PANTI SUB-DISTRICT JPACT ON THE COFFEE PRODUCTIVITY OF PANTI SUB-DISTRICT JEMBER REGENCY, EAST JAVA, INDONESIA

Abstract

Indonesia is the world’s coffee producer which currently experiencing decline on its production. This study was aimed to describe the ideal coffee cultivation practice and its impact on the robusta coffee productivity of farmers in Panti Sub-district. This is an ex-post facto research conducted from July to December 2018. The method used was quantitative analysis supported by descriptive analysis. The population was the robusta coffee farmers with 105 respondents from three villages; Kemiri, Suci, and Kemundungan. The respondent was determined through simple random sampling. The data was analyzed by using linear regression, frequency distribution. The result showed that implementing GAP on coffee farmers caused difference and not all GAP components were implemented based on the standard.  The robusta coffee farmers who implemented GAP very well showed the higher coffee productivity. The unstandardized GAP implementation on coffee was caused by the small amount of farmers who were willing to give their time, energy, and cost. Improving the robusta coffee product in Panti and other regions requires education and proper GAP technology transfer which is also supported by the adequate facilities to conduct a more efficient GAP activity and produce the better output. This research is different to the other researches, where this research specifically analyzes the standardized GAP implementation in Indonesia and its impact on production. The standard used as the basis of the good agriculture practice is the good coffee cultivation regulation published by the government. The public coffee production in Panti Sub-district is viewed through two main behaviors of the farmers.