Dampak Kebijakan Tarif Impor Gula terhadap Kesejahteraan Produsen dan Konsumen

The Government has used a sugar import tariff policy to protect the domestic sugar producers from sugar import competition. The objective of this paper is to analyze the effects of sugar import tariff policy on producers', consumers', government and economic welfare. The policy of increasing sugar import tariff will lead to decreasing consumers' welfare; on the contrary, producers' welfare and government revenue will increase. Meanwhile, this policy will reduce economic welfare

Analisis Risiko Harga Komoditas Sayuran Unggulan di Indonesia

Chilies, potatoes, shallots, and cabbage are five main vegetables that have high rates of production, but they also have high levels of price fluctuation. The purpose of this study was to analyze the levels of price risk and analyze alternative strategies needed to reduce the price risk of chilies, potatoes, shallots, and cabbage. The method of analysis that used in this research is ARCH/GARCH model, Value at Risk (VaR), and coefficient variation. The results showed that the price of chilies, tomatoes, and potatoes were influenced by price volatility and variants in previous periods. The price volatility and variants of shallots and cabbages were influenced by the prices of one and two previous periods. The calculation of VaR, which was based on the total capital in a one-day sale period showed that price risk of chilies, potatoes, shallots, and cabbage were at 4.077 persen, 3.078 persen, 5.240 persen, 6.879 persen, dan 3.980 persen. Based on coefficient variation showed that tomatoes had the highest price risk was at 0.428 while potatoes was found to have the lowest price risk was at 0.080. Shallot had the second highest price risk was at 0.195. Cabbage and chilies had the third and the forth highest price risk were at 0.209 and 0.349. Alternative strategy to solve the price risk of vegetables need to be applied by traders, farmers, and government

Faktor-faktor yang Mempengaruhi Produksi Susu Sapi Perah di Kecamatan Megamendung Kabupaten Bogor Provinsi Jawa Barat

The dairy cow is one of the lifestock commodity still have potential to develop in Indonesia. The domestic milk production only cover 1/3 of domestic demand so the most of milk remains were still imported. Cipayung village, District Megamendung, Bogor regency is one of the central production for fresh milk. The problems that faced by the most of farmers in this region are the low productivity of milk, it's about 8-10 litre/day so it's can influence to the income level of farmers too. The purpose of this research are to analyze about factors that have affected to the production of milk and to analyze income of dairy cow farm. This research used Cobb Douglas production function with the respondents were 35 dairy farmers members of Mekar Jaya Farmer Group. The respondents in this research were chosen by purposive sampling method where leader of the farmer group has an estimation to choose the farmers that have qualification become a respondent. Based on the results of analyzed research showed that period of lactation, forages, water and labors were factors that have significantly affected to the production of dairy cows. This analyze also showed that the value of farm R/C ratio of the cash cost was1,64 and R/C ratio of the total cost was 1,25

Efisiensi Teknis USAhatani Kedelai pada Lahan Tadah Hujan dan Lahan Kering di Kabupaten Pidie Jaya, Aceh

National soybean productivity was reach 1,45 tons per hectare, while the potential yield reach 2,0-3,0 tons per hectare. The aim of this study was to analyze the factors affecting technical efficiency, and sources of technical inefficiency of soybean farming. This study used primary data that were obtained from 100 farmers purposively, those data were analyzed by production function analysis that stochastic frontier to analyzed the factors that influence the production of technical efficiency of soybean farming. The results showed that the variable land, solid fertilizer, liquid fertilizer, pesticide solid, liquid pesticides, and labor have a positive impact, while the variable seed has a negative impact on technical efficiency of soybean farming. The source of technical inefficiency such as the age of the farmer, and experience farming soybean have negative and significant impact on technical inefficiency of soybean farming. Otherwise, the formal education, old farming, the number of dependents, and the dummy variable (following the extension and land type) have a positive impact but not significant to technical inefficiency of soybean farming in Pidie Jaya, Aceh Province

Spatial Market Integration of Shallot in Indonesia

Shallot is a horticultural commodity which has high economic and strategic values. Unbalanced supply and demand of shallot each province in Indonesia cause trade flows from surplus areas to deficit areas and indicate there is a market integration. This research aimed to analyze spatial market integration of shallot at the producer level in Indonesia. Methods of this research used included Johansen Co-integration, Granger Causality, and Error Correction Model. Results of this research exhibit that there is no complete spatial market integration among shallot producer markets. There are approximately 40 co-integrated pairs of producer markets (44.944%), and the rest of 49 (55.056%) pairs of producer markets are not co-integrated. Based on the causality test, the producer markets such as Central Java, East Java, and West Nusa Tenggara are price-leading markets. Approximately 74 pairs (83,146%) of producer markets are integrated into the short run. Government policy that can be implemented to control price fluctuations at producer level is fairly floor price policy specifically made for three price-leading markets. To improve spatial market integration of shallot in Indonesia, the government needs to make policies such as upgrading quality of physical infrastructure (length of paved roads) and educating human capital (producers) to access market information technology

Peran Program Pengembangan USAha Agribisnis Perdesaan terhadap Kinerja Gapoktan dan Pendapatan USAhatani Padi di Kabupaten Subang

Role of Rural Agribusiness Development Program to Performance Gapoktan and Rice Farming Income in Subang Regency. The study aimed to analyze the performance Gapoktan and rice farming income for recipients PUAP and non PUAP, and analyze the relationship between the performances of the farm income Gapoktan. The study was conducted in District Ciasem and Patok Beusi, Subang regency, West Java, in April-June 2014. Unit analysis in this study was Gapoktan and rice farming. Gapoktan sample was purposively taken as 6 Gapoktan, consisting of 3 Gapoktan PUAP and 3 Gapoktan non PUAP. The unit of analysis of rice farming was taken as the sample of rice farming PUAP managed by farmers PUAP and non PUAP. Farmers sample were selected by purposively, amounted to 30 people, so total farmers sample was 60 people. The assessment of Gapoktan has been analized by four indicators, namely organizational effectiveness, organizational efficiency, organizational relevance, and organizational financial independence achievement. Overall indicators and parameters were analyzed using a scoring system of assessment in Likert scale. Performance farming and Gapoktan were analyzed using analysis of farming income and analysis Pearson product moment (PPM). The results of data analysis showed that the performance Gapoktan PUAP showed superior performance. PUAP farmers earned greater rice farming income (34.97%). Thus it can be said that the performance Gapoktan have a close and significant relationship with the level of farm income rice farmer members. This means that the higher Gapoktan performance, the higher rice farming income of farmer members

Pembandingan Efisiensi Pemasaran Bawang Merah Konsumsi dan Benih di Kabupaten Brebes, Provinsi Jawa Tengah

EnglishDemand for shallot, used for consumption and seed, tends to increase. However, there are some problems of discontinuity and price fluctuation in its marketing. This research aims to analyze the supply chain of consumption and seed shallot, particularly in Brebes Regency. The research was conducted in the period of April–December 2015 using primary and secondary data. Primary data were obtained through interviews using a questionnaire from 30 farmers based on purposive sampling and 18 traders using a snowball sampling method. Data were analyzed descriptively using a supply chain approach. The results showed that supply chain of shallot for seed was managed better than thatfor consumption purposes. This situation is in line with marketing efficiency. The market of shallot for seed is more efficient than that for consumption indicated by marketing margin and farmer\u27s share. It is necessary that the government improvesshallot supply chain management particularly for certified high-quality shallot seed provision at affordable price.IndonesianPermintaan bawang merah baik untuk konsumsi maupun benih cenderung meningkat. Namun demikian masih terdapat kendala diskontinuitas serta fluktuasi harga dalam pemasarannya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis rantai pasok bawang merah untuk konsumsi dan benih, khususnya di Kabupaten Brebes, Provinsi Jawa Tengah. Penelitian dilakukan pada bulan April–Desember 2015 menggunakan data primer dan data sekunder. Data primer diperoleh melalui wawancara menggunakan kuesioner secara langsung dengan responden sebanyak 30 orang petani bawang merah yang dipilih secara purposive sampling serta pedagang bawang merah sebanyak 18 orang dengan metode snowball sampling. Data dianalisis secara deskriptif menggunakan pendekatan rantai pasok. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa rantai pasok bawang merah untuk benih lebih terkelola daripada rantai pasok bawang merah untuk konsumsi. Pasar bawang merah untuk benih lebih efisien dibandingkan dengan pasar bawang merah untuk konsumsi,yang tercermin dari indikator margin pemasaran dan farmer\u27s share. Diperlukan kebijakan perbaikan manajemen rantai pasokan bawang merah yang berorientasi pada penyediaan benih bermutu/bersertifikat dengan harga yang terjangkau petani