KAJIAN SERTIFIKASI BENIH PADI DI KABUPATEN BANTUL

The research aims to determine the difficulty causing the failure in passing stages must be done during the production of certified rice seeds in Bantul District. It was done from administrative inspection, inspection in the field up to testing in the laboratory through 23 groups of seed growers, under 75 locations. It was a survey research, applying a purposive random sampling for the seed growers in gathering the primary data. There were 37 seed growers interviewed, representing 10 groups of seed growers. While the secondary data were obtained from the Institute of Seed Inspection and Sertification for food crops called Balai Pengawasan dan Sertifikasi Benih Tanaman Pangan (BPSBP) for three years (2007-2009). The technologies used for seed certification by the growers were also questioned. The result of the research indicated that among the 13 stages must be done and passed in the procedure for seed certification for seed certification, are 41% fail in laboratory testing due to percentage of germination / the other variety inert matter or of a mixture of other varieties, moisture content and growing power, 24% fail in the filed test before harvesting, due to rice collapse, still mixed with other varieties of seed candidate, the candidate attacked by pests and diseases of seed And 3% fail during the preliminary field inspection due to seeds used mixed with other varietes. The technologies applied by the seed growers were as follows : 94% applied seed treatment, 94% soil fertilization, 92% pest control, 89% yield processing, 95% seed drying, 97% seed processing, and 68% stored the seeds