Sibarani, Robert Williater and Somboonsuke, Buncha (2020) Comparison of Organic and Conventional Paddy Farming: Study in Two Villages in Malang District, Indonesia. In: Proceedings The 4th International Conference on Green Agro-Industry, 22-23 Oktober 2019, Grand Inna Malioboro.
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Abstract
Practicing organic farming is the way that can be chosen by farmers to realize the sustainable livelihood. However, the practicing of organic farming in Indonesia was only 0.6 percent or 208,042 hectares in 2017. The profit orientation of conventional farmers is the issue in conversion process from practicing conventional to organic farming. The objective of this study is to analyze the profit earned by farmers in conventional and organic paddy farming. Two village in Malang district, namely Sumber Ngepoh and Mulyoarjo, were chosen as study field. There are 32 organic paddy farmers from farmer group of Sumber Makmur 1 in Sumber Ngepoh village and 34 conventional paddy farmers from farmer group of Mulyo 2 in Mulyoarjo village were interviewed. The independent t-test was used to analyze the different of profit earned by those farmers. The mean of total cost in farmer group of Sumber Makmur 1 is 151 percent less than in farmer group of Mulyo 2. Furthermore, the mean of production, revenue, and profit in farmer group of Sumber Makmur 1 are 15, 21, and 66 percent respectively more than in farmer group of Mulyo 2. It is concluded that practicing organic paddy farming in Sumber Ngepoh village is more profit compared to practicing conventional paddy farming in Mulyoarjo village. This conclusion can be a basic for farmers in Mulyoarjo village to do conversion from practicing conventional paddy farming to organic paddy farming by objective to get similar benefit as gotten by farmers in Sumber Ngepoh village. Keywords: sustainable livelihoods, organic farming, conventional farming, profit
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sustainable livelihoods, organic farming, conventional farming, profit |
| Subjects: | S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Engineering Sciences |
| Depositing User: | S.P., M.Sc Danar Wicaksono |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jun 2020 10:55 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jun 2020 10:57 |
| URI: | http://eprints.upnyk.ac.id/id/eprint/22771 |
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