Agro Ekonomi
Vol 29, No 2 (2018): DECEMBER 2018

Production Risk of Rice in Kebonsari, Madiun Regency

Rosita Dewati (Master Student of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada.)
Lestari Rahayu Waluyati (Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada. Jl. Flora No. 1 Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Feb 2019

Abstract

ABSTRACTThis study aims to determine the risks, factors affecting risk and investigate the attitude  toward risk in Kebonsari, Madiun regency. This research used primary and secondary data. Primary data obtained purposively by 61 respondents. Coefficient of variation (CV) method was used to analyze the risk, while Just and Pope model was used to analyze the factors affecting production risk. Attitude toward risk was analyzed with Moscardi and de Javnry model. The result of production risk analysis shows that production of rice farming in Kebonsari Madiun regency has a low variation which is about 14,80%. It means that production risk faced by paddy farmers in this area is low. Phonska fertilizer and other fertilizer are risk-increasing variables whereas liquid pesticide is risk decreasing variable. The result of K (s) indicated that 91,60% or 56  paddy farmers are risk averter. About 4,92% of paddy farmers are risk lover and 3,28% are risk neutral. The farmers are behaving in rational manner which avoid the possible risk that might be higher than the revenues to be earned.

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jae

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Economics, Econometrics & Finance

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AE is a media for dissemination information of thinking and research from lecturers, researchers, students, and practitioners who are interest to produce the scientific work in the agricultural and natural resource policies, agribusiness and agricultural extension & communication sciences. The focus ...