Farm Income, Resource Use And Potential Of New Rice Technology In Two Districts Of Java
Dibjo Prabowo (pembimbing: -), -
2016 | Tesis | S2 Economics-
ABSTRACT
Prabowo, Dibjo, University of the Philippines, July, 1970, Farm Income, Resource Use and potential of New Rice Technology in Two Districts of Java. Major professor: Randolph Barker.
The objectives of the study were three-fold: (1) to assess the current level of farm input use and the returns above variable cost on rice producing farms (2) to determine the optimum input level and the potential for new technology, and (3) to determine factors which appear to be most critical in influencing decisions in the adoption of improved cultural practices and the level of use of farm inputs. A total of one hundred and twenty farmers were sampled from three villages in each district - Porong in East Java and Prembun in Central Java.
We were able to accomplish the first of these objectives. However, due to the lack of reliable data regarding the performance of high yielding vs. local varieties, either at the experiment station or on the farm we could not achieve the second objective. Nor were we able to reach any definite conclusion regarding the third objective other than the fact that the lack of information on the Performance and potential of the high yielding varieties was itself a "bottleneck" at the time of this study. In other words, we do not know whether the high yielding varieties currently available offer the same yield potential and reliability that they have in the other areas of Asia where they have been widely adopted. In spite of the failure to achieve all of the objectives, the results of the study should be useful to policy makers in Indonesia.
In the two districts studied the environmental conditions and hence the potential for the new rice technology were significantly different. The soil water-relationship found in Prembun does nctfavor the introduction of the new short-strawed varieties or the use of large amounts of fertilizer. The situation in Porcng is far more promising.
However, at the time of this study there was as yet not enough experience with the new technology nor was there adequate experimental data to be able to judge the potential of the high yielding varieties.
There was no indication in these districts that lack of credit was currently a "bottleneck" or that the massive injection of credit and inputs such as undertaken in other areas under the BIMAS program, would significantly increase production. On the other hand, the demand for credit could rise sharply in Porong if the new high yielding varieties are successful.
The principal conclusion or recommendation is that more information must be obtained on the potential for the new rice technology. More information is needed from experiments conducted at the experiment station and under farm conditions. The provision of such knowledge would make it possible to determine whether or not technology itself is still the principal limiting factor to production expansion. Failure to obtain such knowledge over a wide geographic area increases the risk associated with all other programs designed to boost production.
Kata Kunci : Rice Technology ; technology
