ANALYSIS OF WOMEN LABOR ALLOCATION IN RICE PADDY FARMING ON TIDAL SWAMP LAND OF SUNGAI TABUK SUB-DISTRICT, BANJAR DISTRICT OF SOUTH KALIMANTAN PROVINCE, INDONESIA

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the amount of female farmer labor outpouring of the total labor allocation in lowland rice farming, lowland rice farmer household income and the factors that influence the outpouring of female farmers in lowland rice farming in tidal swamp land in Sungai Tabuk Sub-District, Banjar Regency, South Kalimantan Province. This research was conducted in Sungai Tabuk District starting from April-November 2022. The analytical tools used were multiple regression, income and descriptive analysis. The results showed that the outpouring of female farming labor was 20.53 HKO or 39.84% of the total workforce in rice farming which reached 51.78 HKO/farm. The total income of rice farming households on tidal land in Banjar Regency is IDR 32,084,374/year. Factors that significantly influence the outpouring of female farm labor in paddy rice farming activities, namely the age of the female farmer, the number of dependents of the female farmer's family, the wages of the female farmer, the area of land cultivated by the female farmer, the level of education of the female farmer, the level of experience in farming rice and family income.

Keywords

• allocation of labor
• peasant women
• tidal marshes