The Impact of Agricultural Land Consolidation on Production and Income of Rice Farming Household in Sukoharjo Regency

Abstract

     This study aims to determine the implementation of land consolidation of rice farming in Sukoharjo Regency in terms of physical and management consolidation, the effect of land consolidation on production, income, and risk of rice farming income. The research location is determined by the purposive sampling method. The sampling method of this research was a simple random sampling of 30 farmers participating in the consolidation. Descriptive analysis was used to determine the implementation of physical consolidation and risk farming management consolidation, while to determine the production, income, and income risk, quantitative and statistical analyzes were used. The consolidation implementation's analysis shows that land consolidation in Sukoharjo Regency has been carried out physically and in management, but some indicators have not been implemented. The average production of farmers before consolidation was 14.424,49kg/ha/year, while after consolidation, it was 14.829,40 kg/ha/year. The average income of farmers' rice farming was higher after consolidation, IDR 44.516.782/ha/year, and IDR 41.654.356/ha/year for before consolidation. The income risk of rice farming in the Sukoharjo Regency is high before consolidation, was 73.02%, while after consolidation was 74.42%.