| Issue |
BIO Web Conf.
Volume 69, 2023
The 2nd International Conference on Agriculture, Food, and Environment (2nd ICAFE 2023)
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 04009 | |
| Number of page(s) | 13 | |
| Section | Agricultural Environment, Ecology and Resources | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20236904009 | |
| Published online | 16 October 2023 | |
The Comparison of Household Economic Level from Conventional to Organic Rubber Farming farming to support Sustainable Development in Agriculture
Program Studi Agribisnis, Jurusan Sosial Ekonomi Pertanian, Fakultas Pertanian, Universitas Sriwijaya, Jalan Palembang-Prabumulih, KM 32, Indralaya, Sumatera Selatan, Indonesia
1 Corresponding author: yamin@unsri.ac.id
Organic farming is one alternative method to increase productivity and farmers’ income and improve soil ecology. The objectives of this research were to compare the time allocation of rubber farmers, the level of production, and the farmers’ income, and also to analyze the changes in the household expenditure of conventional to organic rubber farming. The research was conducted in Musi Banyuasin District, South Sumatra Province. The samples were the farmers who changed the technology from conventional to organic farming. The Samples were selected by simple random sampling. This research shows a significant difference between the use of organic fertilizer and chemical fertilizer in rubber farming regarding time allocation, production level, household income, and expenditure. The level of time allocation revealed that organic farming was longer than conventional farming. The production level and income of organic farming were higher than those of conventional farming. The household expenditure on organic and conventional farming was at the same level.
Key words: rubber / conventional / organic / livelihood / cultivation
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2023
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.
Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.
Initial download of the metrics may take a while.