MANFAAT BERKELOMPOKTANI DALAM MENINGKATKAN PENDAPATAN DAN EFISIENSI EKONOMI RELATIF USAHATANI PADI DI DESA NEGARA RATU KECAMATAN NATAR KABUPATEN LAMPUNG SELATAN
Abstract: This study aims to
assess the benefit of being member of farmer group in improving income and
relative economic efficiency on rice farm according to the comparison of farm
income and the relative economic efficiency between farmer members and
non-members of farmers group. This
research was conducted in Negara Ratu village of Natar Subdistrict of South
Lampung Regency. Farmer samples were
selected randomly by simple random sampling. The total samples were seventy
seven farmers, consisted of 38 farmer members and 39 non-farmer members. The data was collected in February - March
2014. The benefits of farmers group was analyzed by t-test for the comparison
of farm income and the profit function by adding the Dummy variable. The results showed that the member farmer's
income was higher than that of nonmembers of farmer groups. The relative
economic efficiency of farmer group members were significantly higher than that
of non members of farmers group, both in the first season and second season.
Penulis: Muhammad Iqbal
Kasogi, Dyah Aring Hepiana Lestari, Novi Rosanti
Kode Jurnal: jppertaniandd140800
