Electronic Theses and Dissertation

Sektor pertanian memiliki peran strategis dalam mendukung ketahanan pangan,
penyerapan tenaga kerja, dan peningkatan kesejahteraan masyarakat. Namun, sektor ini
masih menghadapi berbagai tantangan, seperti keterbatasan tenaga kerja, alih fungsi lahan,
serta rendahnya tingkat adopsi teknologi. Oleh karena itu, penerapan mekanisasi pertanian,
khususnya penggunaan rice transplanter, menjadi salah satu solusi penting untuk
meningkatkan efisiensi dan produktivitas usahatani padi.
Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Kecamatan Indrapuri, Kabupaten Aceh Besar, pada
bulan Februari hingga Juli 2025, Metode pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan sensus
untuk petani pengguna rice transplanter karena jumlah populasinya terbatas (30 orang),
sedangkan untuk petani non-pengguna digunakan quota sampling sebanyak 30 orang
sebagai kelompok pembanding, sehingga total responden berjumlah 60 petani. Tujuan
penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis perbedaan kinerja usahatani padi antara kedua
kelompok serta mengetahui penerapan teknologi rice transplanter terhadap kinerja
usahatani.
Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kinerja usahatani padi petani pengguna rice
transplanter lebih baik dibandingkan dengan petani non-pengguna, terutama dari sisi
efisiensi tenaga kerja, waktu tanam, dan pendapatan usahatani, selain itu, berdasarkan hasil
uji Mann-Whitney U-test, diketahui bahwa terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan antara kinerja
usahatani padi petani pengguna rice transplanter dan petani non-pengguna. Selanjutnya,
hasil analisis regresi menunjukkan bahwa penerapan teknologi rice transplanter
berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja usahatani padi.

The agricultural sector plays a strategic role in supporting food security, employment absorption, and the improvement of community welfare. However, this sector still faces various challenges, such as labor shortages, land conversion, and the low level of technology adoption. Therefore, the implementation of agricultural mechanization, particularly through the use of rice transplanters, has become one of the important solutions to improve the efficiency and productivity of rice farming. This research was conducted in Indrapuri Subdistrict, Aceh Besar Regency, from February to July 2025. The sampling method used a census approach for farmers who use rice transplanters due to the limited population (30 farmers), while quota sampling was applied to 30 non-user farmers as a comparison group, resulting in a total of 60 respondents. The objectives of this study were to analyze the differences in rice farming performance between the two groups and to examine the effect of rice transplanter technology adoption on farming performance. The results of the study show that the rice farming performance of farmers using rice transplanters is better than that of non-user farmers, especially in terms of labor efficiency, planting time, and farm income. In addition, based on the results of the Mann-Whitney U-test, it was found that there is a significant difference in rice farming performance between farmers who use rice transplanters and those who do not. Furthermore, the regression analysis results indicate that the adoption of rice transplanter technology has a positive and significant effect on rice farming performance.