Kelayakan finansial usah tanaman jarak pagar di Kota Banjar Jawa Barat

DAFENTA S, Hadi, Prof. Dr. Ir. Masyhuri

2009 | Tesis | S2 Magister Manajemen Agribisnis

Prospek yang baik terhadap tanaman jarak pagar, belum disertai dengan peningkatan produktivitas dan pendapatan petani. Hal ini disebabkan antara lain karena teknik budidaya dan pengolahan hasil yang diterapkan belum sesuai dengan teknologi yang dianjurkan serta keterbatasan modal petani dalam pengembangan usahanya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat kelayakan usahatani jarak pagar dan kendala pengembangannya di daerah tersebut. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Kota Banjar Provinsi Jawa Barat dengan metode survey. Petani responden ditentukan secara acak sederhana sebanyak 30 (tiga puluh) orang. Kelayakan usahatani dianalisis melalui pendekatan Payback Period (PP), Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Profitability Index (PI). Dari hasil analisis kelayakan tanaman jarak pagar dengan bunga sebesar 11 % selama sepuluh tahun dapat diketahui bahwa PP 2,1 tahun, NPV Rp. 18.954.858,45, IRR 41% dan PI 1,82 . Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa usahatani jarak pagar di Kota Banjar layak untuk dikembangkan. Kendala yang dihadapai petani adalah keterbatasan modal, disarankan agar peranan asosiasi petani lebih ditingkatkan dalam menyediakan faktor-faktor produksi maupun pemasaran hasil.

Prospect of jatropha curcas is very potential commodity. However, this prospective cash crop, is not immediately followed by the improvement of its productivity and farmers income. This condition, may due to the fact that until now farmers have used the recommended technology for cultivation and processing and the farmers, have limited capital for developing jatropha curcas farming system. The objective of this research was to study the feasibility and contribution of jatropha curcas farming system to the farmer prosperity and the constraint of developing jatropha curcas farming system in this region. The research was conducted at city of Banjar, West Java Province using survey method. Thirty respondents were taken by simple random farmers. Feasibility of farming system was analyzed through Payback Period (PP), Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Profitability Index (PI). The result of feasibility analysis, based on discount factor of 11% showed that a jatropha curcas farming system at ten years old had that PP 2,1 years, NPV Rp. 18.954.858,45, IRR 41% and PI 1,82. Based on this study, it was concluded that jatropha curcas farming system in city of Banjar, West Java Province was feasible to be developed. Recently the limited capital, becomes a problem for developing jatropha curcas farming. Suggested that farmer association is supported, in order to supply the production inputs and the product.

Kata Kunci : Usaha jarak pagar,Kelayakan finansial,Jatropha Curcas Cropping,Financial Feasibility