Implementation of Android Application as Knowledge Management for Agriculture Farmers

Abstract

The research has fresh ideas through activities to explore farmer knowledge management to find out the application of Indo-Good Agricultural Practices as a reflection of the behavior of producing fruits to obtain Prima Certification, and is developed into a knowledge management system with an Android-based application. The purpose of the study was to analyze the level of knowledge management of farmers in implementing Indo-Good Agricultural Practices to support the sustainability of Prima certified fruit production in East Java. Purposive sampling was used to select up to 15 fruit farmers for a total of 45 samples. With true or false assertions, the Guttman Scale measured knowledge creation, sharing, and implementation. Then, each dimension's proportion of knowledge was calculated. Mango Farmers in Pasuruan Regency have good knowledge of knowledge creating, knowledge sharing, and knowledge implementation. Different results are seen among Kediri Regency pineapple growers, who had the lowest level of knowledge sharing understanding since Prima certified producers find it difficult to understand good agriculture practise criteria. The highest level of knowledge formed by starfruit farmers is the Knowledge Sharing dimension, it can be concluded that there is a strong social relationship when a farmer is aware of Indo-Good Agricultural and willing to share knowledge or mutual welfare and reduce harmful mistakes.