Optimizing the Implementation of Standard Operating Procedure-Good Agriculture Practice for Organic Rice Farming

Abstract

The increase of organic rice consumption arises as people are increasingly concerned about healthy food consumption. A standardized organic food supply is needed to fulfill the need of food. This paper aimed to find out the level of implementation of Standard Operating Procedure-Good Agriculture Practice (SOP-GAP) for organic rice farming and the correlation between the implementation of SOP-GAP for organic rice farming and the increase of organic rice production in Indonesia with categorization and correlation analysis. The research location was determined by purposive sampling. A sample of farmers as the respondent was conducted with Snowball sampling. The research results show that the implementation of Standard Operating Procedure-Good Agriculture Practice (SOP-GAP) for organic rice farming in Indonesia is very high. There are nine sub-aspects of SOP-GAP that correlate with and significantly affect organic rice production, namely land suitability, seedling, pesticides, equipment, soil cultivation, irrigation, plant maintenance, and PDO (Plant Disturbing Organisms) control, and post-harvest. There are four sub-aspects of SOP-GAP that do not correlate with and have no significant effect on increasing organic rice production: fertilizer and fertilization, planting, and harvesting. In this case, efforts are needed to increase the use of quality fertilizers and planting buffer plants in farming.