The acceptable incentive value to succeed paddy land protection program in regency of east Tanjung Jabung, Indonesia

摘要

Paddy land conversion into other uses of land has caused the loss of more than 10,000 ha paddy land during past 4 years (2009-2013) in East Tanjung Jabung Regency. Palm oil becomes the main threat due to its high land rent while paddy land rent reduces by the time because of the factors of productivity and geographical (high tide) problems. In order to control land conversion, the Local Government launch a program of paddy land protection and offer incentives to the farmers involved. This study aims to dig how much monetary value of incentives approved by the farmers and what kind of incentives they prefer most in order to succeed the program. Primary data gained from focus group discussion, survey and observation to get the value of land rent and the perception of paddy farmers toward incentives, while the secondary data gained from previous researches as well as data from government institutions used to explain the phenomena of paddy land conversion in this region. As conclusions, the monetary value of incentives expected by the farmers is around Rp1, 996,983 per ha/year (US153, 6 per ha/year) and direct incentives (subsidizing production inputs, the increase of price of paddy/rice and cash payment) are more preferable than the indirect incentives because their benefits can be felt without delay and two of them are very familiar with them.