Analysis of Farmers' Perceptions Towards Rice Farming for Rice Fields from Gold Mining Without a License (PETI) in Pangkalan Jambu Subdistrict, Merangin District, Jambi Province

Rice is a strategic commodity and is the main priority of the Indonesian people in supporting national food security. Merangin Regency was ranked 5th with a percentage of harvested area of 8.29% while production was 8.47%, and lowland rice productivity in Merangin Regency was 10.21%. Pangkalan Jambu Subdistrict is not the main supplier of lowland rice in Merangin Regency, but research shows that farmers assess the use of ex-PETI rice farming both economically, technically, socially and norms or legally as positive, ex-PETI land is still promising, economically ex-PETI land is profitable and economically Technically, farmers can carry out activities well on former PETI land, and there are no obstacles from social aspects, applicable norms and regulations. The Farmers' Perception score reached 87.33% for economic aspects, 82.49 percent for technical aspects, 79.41 percent for social aspects and 80 percent for aspects of applicable norms and regulations. The productivity of lowland rice farming on former PETI land reaches 3 to 4 tons per hectare.