Production and farm business income comparative analysis on rice fields in watersheds with non-watersheds at Lanna Village, Parangloe sub-district, Gowa Regency

Abstract

Abstract Natural resources, which optimally and rationally utilized, aims to increase the people’s welfare. Nevertheless, the wise use of natural resources is part of the maintenance in the watersheds area (DAS). This study wants to: 1) identifying the rice farmers’ income and how much cost they spend, which located in watersheds or non-watersheds areas; 2) to discover the comparative of farm business income in watersheds or non-watersheds area. This study conducted in Lanna Village, Parangloe Sub-district, Gowa Regency. The population used in this study is all farmers involved in watersheds and non-watersheds area, and 30 farmers have chosen to be the sample. This study used the income analysis and independent sample t- test. The income analysis result shows that the farmer’s income in the watershed area is Rp23.833.435,72. Meanwhile, farmer’s income in the non-watershed area numbered at Rp 22.867.569,71. The assumed T-Equal Variance value is 0,848 with Sig. (2-tailed) is 0,404 or greater than 0,05. In conclusion, there’s no income difference between farmers in the watershed and non-watershed area.

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