Organic Rice Farming Characteristic and Food Consumption in Sleman District

Abstract

Rice is the important staple food for Indonesian people. However, the rice cultivation is faced to some issues, for example using a huge amount of synthetic materials which might reduce the quality of environment. In contrary, some studies revealed that the usage of low-cost-natural planting system might increase farmer’s income as well as the sustainability of environment. Aim of this study was to examine the farming characteristic, i.e. production cost, revenue, income, and the nature of household organic farmer expenditure in Sleman District. The study was done by taking 30 samples of organic rice farm household using proportional random sampling method. The samples taken were certified as organic farmers. Farming characteristic and household food consumption was examined by doing interview on farmers to know the total cost for organic rice cultivation, revenue, income, and household expenditure per year. The results showed that organic rice farming income per hectare in Sleman District was IDR 17,895,033, while the cost per hectare was IDR 5,614,290. Furthermore, the share of food expenditure in organic farmer household was 55.68%, then categorized as low. Factors that positively affect the share of household organic rice farming expenditure in Sleman District are egg price, cooking oil price, sugar price, instant noodle price and tempeh price, while organic rice farming income is a factor that negatively affects the share of food expenditure.