Analysis of sensory characteristic rice of Padi Gogo (dry land paddy) at Aceh Province

Agricultural vision Indonesia on 2045 is to become world food producers. In status, there has been reduction of paddy field at Aceh province caused by land use changes, furthermore, the reliable solution is optimizing a dry land use, locally estimated reach up to 200.000 ha. Several institutions have been developing dry land of paddy varieties (padi gogo), which suitable planted in dry land and rainfed area. The objectives of this research were to obtain rice character and rice grains shape which suites on Acehnese preference. Location of rice planting was at Tangse sub district, Pidie district, Aceh province, the varieties including Inpago 8, 9, 11, Unsoed, Limboto and Tuwoti. To find out the sensory characteristic of the rice, hedonic test was performed with the number of panelist were 31 (half-classified). In this research, we observed parameters were taste, aroma, color, and texture as well as rice grains shape. The analyzing of the data used kruskal-wallis test. Result of the study shows that the main parameters was significant different (asymp sig.000), on dry land paddy (padi gogo). Overall, the panelist more tends likes the Limboto variety.