Factors Influencing Income of Shallot Farming in Java Indonesia Using UOP Profit Function Model

摘要

The purpose of this study was to calculate farming income of shallot and analyze the factors that influenced it. This study was conducted in Java precisely in Brebes, Nganjuk, and Cirebon Regency because these regions are the centre of shallot production in Indonesia. The respondents were 90 shallot farmers in three locations selected by simple random sampling. The data were one of the planting seasons of shallot in every location in 2014. Income from shallot farming can be calculated by income approach. UOP profit function was used to analyze the factors influencing the income from shallot farming. The result of this study showed that the highest income from shallot farming was in Nganjuk, followed by Cirebon and Brebes. The price of seed influenced the income from shallot farming in Brebes and Cirebon. Labor cost and the price of insecticide influenced the income from shallot farming in Brebes and Nganjuk. The income from shallot farming in Cirebon was affected by the price of KCL fertilizer, NPK-Phonska fertilizer, and herbicide. The price of ZA fertilizer influenced the income from shallot farming in Brebes. The price of SP 36 fertilizer had an effect on the income from shallot farming in Nganjuk.