Comparative Analysis of Income and Feasibility of Rice Farming Jajar Legowo in Tasuk Village, Sub District Gunung Tabur, Berau Regency

Abstract

The research aims to determine productivity, income, feasibility, and break-even price for milled dry unhulled rice in lowland rice farming using the jajar legowo 5:1 system and the jajar legowo 6:1 system. The research was carried out from May–August 2022 in Tasuk Village, Gunung Tabur District, Berau Regency, East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The determination of the research location was carried out purposively based on the consideration that this village is one of the potential agricultural areas in lowland rice farming, namely as one of the lowland rice producing centers in Berau Regency. Data collection was carried out by interviewing farmers using questionnaires. The total population in this study was 28 respondents obtained from the "Slovin" calculation consisting of 14 farmers who carried out lowland rice farming using the jajar legowo 5:1 system and 14 farmers who carried out lowland rice farming using the jajar legowo 6:1 system. Data analysis methods, namely; statistical analysis of the difference between the means of two independent samples (independent t-test), productivity, break-even price (BEP), and analysis of farming feasibility (R/C ratio). The results of the research show that there is no significant difference between rice farming income from the jajar legowo 5:1 system and the jajar legowo 6:1 system, the average productivity of the jajar legowo 5:1 and 6:1 systems is 4,096.94 Kg ha-1 and 2,948.98 Kg.ha-1. The average BEP price for the jajar legowo system  5:1 and 6:1 are IDR Kg-1 5,268 and IDR Kg-1 5,765. The average R/C ratio values for the jajar legowo 5:1 and 6:1 systems are 2.06 and 1.84.