KEUNTUNGAN USAHATANI PADI SAWAH DAN TERNAK ITIK DI PESISIR DANAU TONDANO KABUPATEN MINAHASA

Abstract

ABSTRACT

 

FARM PROFIT OF DUCK AND PADDY-WET FIELD AROUND TONDANO LAKE OF MINAHASA REGENCY, NORTH SULAWESI. The population majority inhabiting around Tondano Lake planted paddy-wet filed and raised duck animal. Mono culture system of this plant without diversification of other plants decreased its plant productivity. Increasing income of household farmers by combination of duck integration farm affected conservation of the environmental farm. The objective of this research was to analyze farm profit by combination of paddy-wet field and duck animal of household farmers around Tondano Lake. Data were collected using survey method by observing directly on the paddy-wet field location around Tondano Lake. Types of data were time series and cross section. Samples of household farmers used in this study were defined using simple random sampling. The respondents were defined by purposive sampling method with the criteria of them to have the combination farm of paddy-wet field and duck animal. Based on this criterion, there were ten respondents. The incomes of farm combination between paddy-wet field and duck animal were IDR 75,546,633 per year with the total cost of IDR 26,532,737 per year. Data analysis of income was done by π/C ratio analysis. Results showed that the π/C ratio value was 1.54. It can be concluded that farm combination of paddy-wet field and duck animal yield profit of more than 1 of the π/C ratio, implying that farm diversification system should be applied by household farmers.

 

Keyword: Profit, paddy-wet field, duck animal, farm diversification system.