Farmers' Perspective on Converting Their Paddy Fields in West Java Province (original) (raw)

Determinants of Paddy Fields Conversion in Java Island, Indonesia

Proceedings of the International Conference on Science and Technology (ICOSAT 2017), 2018

Rice is a main staple food of Indonesia. Availability of rice is not separated from Java island as the largest rice supplier in Indonesia. Almost 52% of Indonesia's rice production is produced on the Java island. However, production growth is only 0,7% given the increasing number of people. One of the causes is the increasing land conversion over the past 7 years. This study aims to 1) to identify how much land conversion in Java island from 1994 to 2014, 2) to analyze what factors affect the conversion of paddy fields in Java island, and 3) to calculate the impact of paddy field conversion on paddy production and economic value of farmer job for 21 years in Java island. The results indicate that during the period of 1994 to 2014, Java island experienced a conversion of rice fields of 1.2 million hectares or about 60 thousand hectares per year. Productivity of paddy rice, economic growth (GRDP), length of asphalt road, and population growth have significant effect on the conversion of paddy fields in Java island. For 21 years, Java island has lost the opportunity to produce rice by 6.7 million tons with a value of Rp 24,282 trillion rupiah.

The Determinants of Paddy Fields Conversion in Java and Sumatra [Faktor-Faktor Penentu Konversi Luas Lahan Sawah di Jawa dan Sumatera]

2020

Recently, the paddy fields conversion rate is alarmingly high and without significant effort by the government on the existing paddy fields, national food security and food self-sufficiency in Indonesia will be at risk. Therefore, to address this issue, the government needs to identify the main drivers of paddy fields conversion in Indonesia, particularly in Java and Sumatra as national rice barn. Employing panel data of 256 in the regencies/cities level in Java and Sumatra from 2010-2017, this study investigates the determinants of paddy fields conversion in Java and Sumatra. This study identified that the factors which affected paddy fields conversion in Java are the gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in agriculture sector, the GRDP in service sector, and population density. In contrary, the GRDP in service sector doesn’t significant with the changed of paddy fields in Sumatra, however GRDP in industry sector affect the paddy fields conversion in Sumatra. Other variables which...

Analysis of Agricultural Land Conversion in Taman Sub-District, Sidoarjo Regency

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), 2023

As a decisive step in the research process, an overview of the development of rice field conversion in Taman District, Sidoarjo Regency and an analysis of factors affecting agricultural land conversion on the income of rice farmers in Taman District, Sidorjo Regency is needed. Thus, this research can later be used as a reference in issuing and determining policy directions, especially in the agricultural sector to prevent the conversion of agricultural land into non-agricultural land. Based on the above background, the objectives of this study are as follows: analyze the factors that affect the conversion of agricultural land in Taman Sidoarjo District. The site selection was carried out purposively with the consideration that the location is one of the fast-growing areas in East Java with significant economic growth and infrastructure development. The data collection method is carried out using secondary data consisting of institutional surveys to obtain secondary data that has relevance to discussions in research and literature surveys. The analytical tools used are multiple regression analysis and descriptive analysis. Based on the results of regression analysis, it is indicated that the variables of population, number of industries and GRDP are positively and significantly related to agricultural land conversion in Taman Sidoarjo District, which means that the influence of increasing population, number of industries and GRDP can increase agricultural land conversion. Meanwhile, land productivity and farmer exchange rates have a significant negative relationship, which means that the effect of increasing land productivity and farmer exchange rates can reduce agricultural land conversion.

Farm Owners’ Perception toward Farmland Conversion: An Empirical Study from Indonesian Municipality

Environmental Research, Engineering and Management, 2021

Malang Municipality, the second-largest municipality in East Java Province, has a role as an education and business growth pole. The increasing housing and public service demands in the area correspond with the population growth. It then triggers agricultural conversion, which is predicted to be fully converted in 2024 without any control measurement. Therefore, farm owners have an essential role in agricultural land use. The present study aimed to identify the factors that affect farm owners’ decisions in converting their lands. This study employed correlation analysis to determine the factors influencing the degree of intention to convert farmers’ farmland to settlement. This present study addressed farmland conversion intention, socio-economic factors of farm owner, land use condition, and spatial regulation based on farm owners’ perception. The results showed that the degree of farmland conversion corresponded with the importance of the variable to land conversion. This study de...

Land Conversion and Farmers Preference

2011

This paper reports the assessment of what factors determines farmer s decision to convert their farm land (rice field) into other uses, especially business and residential. We sampled 40 farmers in Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta as a case. In addition to their social characteristics, we asked them the willingness to accept for their land if someone else wants to buy and convert it into other uses (residensial or business) and how much the compensation their asked if the regency of Sleman ask them to preserve it.

Factors That Affect to Rice field Conversion in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia

2020

Infrastructure and housing development have resulted in more agricultural land being converted. The purpose of this study is to describe the characteristics of rice farmers that are affected by land conversion and to analyze the factors that affect land. The study method is quantitative with 206 respondents from proportionate stratified random sampling. Data analysis techniques using PLS and descriptive analysis. The result shows the characteristic of the farmers: the most of farmers latest education are from elementary schools, have low income (once of harvest period is Rp. 1.607.000); majorities of farmers have narrow field (0,23 ha): average of family members are 3; middle farming experience and sharecropper. Factors that affect to ricefield conversion consist of internal factors (age, education, income, the width of field, the member of family, sharecropper, agricultural business experience); external factors (the influence of the farmers around, heir system, investor); and poli...

Factors Affecting Farmer's Decision in Converting The Function of Agricultural Lands

Jurnal Ekonomi Pembangunan: Kajian Masalah Ekonomi dan Pembangunan, 2018

This study aims to analyze the factors that affect farmer's decision in converting the function of their agricultural lands. The factors are: farmer's age, education level, total number of family members, the area of agricultural lands, income, and location of agricultural land. This study is conducted in Depok sub-district, Sleman district, Yogyakarta, as an area with high rate agricultural land function conversion, marked by the decrease in the area of agricultural land. This study is conducted using survey method, with farmers who decide to convert the function of their agricultural land and farmers who do not as unit analysis. The data is analyzed using logistic regression. The analysis result shows that farmer's age and agricultural land location have negative effect on the decision to convertagricultural land function, education level and total numbers of family members have positive effect, and the area of agricultural lands and income have no significant effect on the decision to convert the function of agricultural lands.

Multiple Driving Forces of Paddy Land Conversion: A Lesson from Malaysia’s Rice Bowl State

Jurnal Teknologi, 2015

Land is an important but finite natural resource, crucial for numerous human activities such as for settlement, transportation, forestry, agriculture, animal husbandry, industry and recreation. Land can be seen as parallel to economic growth. With a rapid growth in development and urbanisation, there is an increase need for land and for that paddy land face with the paradox of allocation for agricultural and non-agricultural sector. The allocation of land for optimal agricultural use has become a paramount issue. This paper tries to analyse the revolution of paddy land in Kedah, what drives the conversion that resulted it, so that preservation mechanism on paddy land can be outlined in the future.

Agricultural Land Conversion, Land Economic Value, and Sustainable Agriculture: A Case Study from East Java, Indonesia

2018

Agricultural land conversion (ALC) is an incentive–driven process. In this paper we further investigate the inter–relationship between land economic value (LEV) and ALC. To achieve this goal, we calculated LEV for agricultural and non-agricultural (housing) uses in two areas in East Java, Indonesia. The first area represents suburban agriculture, facing rapid urbanization and experiencing high rate of ALC. The second area represents rural agriculture with zero ALC. Furthermore, we identified factors affecting LEV in both areas for both uses. The resut of this study show that agricultural land yielded higher economic benefit in rural area. Conversely, comparing to agricultural land, housing creates 7 times higher value in urban area. Moreover, agricultural land shown to create higher profit after converted. Ironically, the similar comparison doesn’t exists in rural area. Agricultural land only yielded 19% more value, indicate that agricultural land can be easily converted. It is also...

Determinants of Paddy Field Conversion in Java 1995-2013

Jurnal Bina Praja

Java is the biggest rice supplier with the largest paddy field compared to other islands in Indonesia. On the other side, economic growth needs more and more land for infrastructure growth. It was suggested that the growth would convert paddy field in Java to non-agriculture use. This paper reports the growth of land conversion, especially from paddy field to other utilization, in Java Island using panel data (provincial data 1995-2013). The data then treated as the dependent variable in the regression analysis for determining the factors that are significantly influential. The relative strengths of the influential factors are then compared using the concept of elasticity. It is found that farmers term of trade and GDP of manufacturing industries sectors significantly influence the land conversion. Meanwhile, the size of the population and the size of medium and large companies of manufacturing industries do not significantly influence the land conversion.