ABSTRACT
The Indonesian government sees adequate domestic rice production as a major policy objective. Various national efforts have been made to raise rice production. It is apparent that the new rice technology is being accepted more rapidly in some areas than others. To study the reasons for this difference two villages have been examined with high potentials for rice production but with very different experiences in the adoption of modern varieties. The two sample villages are in East and West Java, two of the three major rice growing areas of Java. The East Java village of Sidomulyo has shown a spectacular response to the introduction of modern varieties whereas the West Java village of Cidahu has shown a poor response. The cropping patterns in both areas are dictated by weather. Varietal recommendations change overtime, depending heavily upon the results of rice breeding or evaluation trials at the Central Research Institute of Agriculture at Bogor.
