Risk Management Strategy on Shallot Farming in Bantul and Nganjuk Regency

Main Authors: Hasan, Fuad, Darwanto, Dwidjono Hadi, Masyhuri, Masyhuri, Adiyoga, Witono
Other Authors: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research and Indonesian Vegetable Research Institute
Format: Article info application/pdf eJournal
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada jointly with PISPI , 2017
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Online Access: https://journal.ugm.ac.id/jip/article/view/12534
https://journal.ugm.ac.id/jip/article/view/12534/16865
Daftar Isi:
  • The objectives of this research were to understand farmers’ perception to risk and risk management strategy on shallot farming. The research was conducted in Bantul and Nganjuk Regency. The number of samples taken were 57 farmers in Bantul and 90 farmers in Nganjuk. Analysis used was frequency table that disaggregate based on agroecosystem and cropping pattern. The result showed that according to farmers’ perception, production and price risk were high. Farmer's decision to follow dominant cropping pattern and production system reflected on the ex ante risk management strategies done by the farmers as their own respection. In the interactive risk management strategies, farmers tended to use chemical fertilizers over chemical pesticides. In ex post risk management strategy, in the failure of shallot farming, they kept cultivating shallot that their capital got on cash and input for shallot farming.