Farmer income and farm risk of jajar legowo and conventional planting system

Abstract

Indonesia’s rice productivity is lower than Vietnam’s. The jajar legowo rice planting system (Jarwo PLS) is a rice planting system equipped with a new technology package to raise rice productivity. On the other hand, it will increase production costs. This study aims to analyse the difference in income and risk of rice farming using Jarwo and conventional PLS. The research was conducted in five rice farmer groups in Karawang District, West Java Province, in November 2022. The survey method was used as the research method. Primary data were obtained from sample farmers, and the sample farmers were taken by simple random sampling. Data analysis was carried out using farm income and business risk analysis using the coefficient of variation calculation. The results showed that rice farming income with Jarwo PLS is higher than conventional rice planting system income due to the higher production yield and selling price of Jarwo PLS. The risk of rice farming with the Jarwo is smaller than the conventional PLS because it is fertilised and maintained better.