Determinant Factors for Cattle Insurance as a Risk Management Strategy

Cattle farmers in Gunungkidul Regency face several cattle diseases such as Helminthiasis, Anthrax, Downer Cow Syndrome, and Intoxication in which these diseases mostly attack female cows. To prevent financial loss for the farmers, the government facilitates them with cattle insurance. This study aims to determine the reasons and the cattle farmers’ willingness-to-pay for the cattle insurance by conducting a survey addressed to 100 cattle farmers and identifying the factors related to it. This study used a Contingent Valuation Method in estimating the cattle farmer's WTP. The various factors that influence the farmer's WTP were analyzed by using natural logarithm regression models. Based on the results of the study, it was found that the willingness-to-pay for cattle farmers who did not participate in cattle insurance are 22,600 IDR and farmers who participate in cattle insurance are 36,320 IDR. Education, household income, and farmers’ interest in the insurance were positively effecting toward the farmers' willingness-to-pay. However, age and the number of families showed the negative ones toward the farmers’ willingness-to-pay.

Analisis Risiko dan Distribusi Pendapatan Budidaya Bandeng (Chanos chanos) Kabupaten Pati

Pesisir Kabupaten Pati sebagian besar digunakan sebagai budidaya bandeng. Terdapat faktor-faktor penghambat proses pembudidayaan hingga penjualan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui biaya, pendapatan, risiko (produksi, harga dan pendapatan) dan penanggulangannya, serta distribusi luas tambak dan pendapatan. Proporsi sampel ditentukan melalui proportional sampling. Metode analisis data berupa Analisis usahatani; Analisis risiko; Analisis deskriptif analitis; serta Indeks Gini dan Kurva Lorenz. Hasil penelitian per luas rata-rata menunjukkan risiko produksi dan risiko pendapatan yang tinggi. Risiko produksi dan pendapatan per ha dan risiko harga tergolong rendah. Nilai batas bawah pendapatan per luasan rata-rata adalah negatif sedangkan per ha bernilai positif. Upaya penanggulangan risiko dilakukan melalui tindakan pencegahan. Nilai IG distribusi luas tambak dan distribusi pendapatan usahanya berada dalam tingkat ketimpangan sedang. Distribusi pendapatan diluar budidaya bandeng bernilai tinggi, karena sumber pendapatannya berbeda. Tingkat kelengkungan kurva Lorenz menunjukkan kecenderungan yang sama dengan nilai distribusinya.

Mengungkap Makna “Keuntungan”pada Sistem Paroan Penggemukan Sapi Madura

Pulau Madura terkenal sebagai pulau sapi karena populasi budidaya sapi yang masif. Budidaya sapi sudah lama dikembangkan dengan pola kerjasama (paroan). Tujuan penelitian untuk mengungkap faktor yang mempengaruhi penggemukan sapi, model konsep bisnis “Paroan”dan makna keuntungan nilai serta makna di balik keuntungan. Penelitian ini menggunakan model mix method yang memadukan pendekatan kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Model kualitatif digunakan setelah penelitian kuantitatif dilakukan. Hasil analisis regresi berganda menunjukkan bahwa konsep keuntungan memiliki pengaruh terhadap perkembangan bisnis sistem paroan. Secara kualitatif, terdapat 2 konsep paroan yaitu paroan uang dan paroan hasil anak sapi. Jenis keuntungan berupa keuntungan material dan non material. Keuntungan materi dimaknai sebagai usaha mencari uang atau rejeki, sebagai penghasilan tambahan, sebagai tabungan. Sedangkan non materi dimaknai sebagai: (1) anugerah produktivitas, (2) bersama beramal, (3) menyambung saudara, (4) menjunjung tinggi budaya.

Reconstruction of the Social Capital-Based Agricultural Extension System in the Tengger Tribe Society in Tosari, Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia

This study aims to examine the “how” and “what kind of” implementation process of extension by the needs of the Tengger Tribe in optimizing their social capital as an effort to accelerate the process of information and technology transfer to achieve the goals of extension that have been outlined in the philosophy of extension, namely behavior change farmers as an effort to improve welfare. This research useed a qualitative approach with a phenomenological method. Based on the research found that a system and implementation of extension were needed by local conditions, and accommodates tribe characteristics. The reconstruction of the extension system must be carried out thoroughly in terms of the institutional aspects of extension, extension workforce, and implementation of extension so that it could achieve the expected goals of changing farmer’s behavior to improve the welfare of farmers in the Tosari Sub-District of Pasuruan Regency.