FACTORS DETERMINING THE DECISION OF FARMERS TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF COFFEE PRODUCTION AND CHANGES OF EARNED INCOME IN THE SEMENDE DARAT LAUT DISTRICT, INDONESIA

Abstract

This research was conducted in the Semende Darat Laut District of South Sumatra Province. The location selection was done intentionally (purposive).With consideration that the district is coffee production center and the majority of the population are coffee farmers. The method used in this study was a survey method. This method was carried out directly to the location of the study and conducted interviews with respondents. Then a sample of farmers who made efforts to improve the quality of coffee production was taken and also those who did not. From the total number of farmers, the data for the number of sample farmers was 80 people. The results of this study indicated that there were factors determining farmer decisions in an effort to improve the quality of coffee production namely land area, farmer age, other agricultural income, coffee prices, farm time, and labor costs.

Keywords

• Farmers
• production
• quality
• coffee
• income
• good agriculture practice