Evaluationof Maize Production Technology Component to Increase Farmer’s Income in Rainfed Low Land
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2013
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Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pertanian
Abstract
The government of Indonesia has paying attention to increase maize production by both expanding
planting acreage and use more intensive agricultural methods to grow maize in order to meet the demand for food,
feed, industry and export. A strong demand and good domestic prices had been attracting farmers to grow hybrid
maize and its acreage will keep increasing particularly in South Sulawesi Province. The use of hybrid seed in maize
production have been tested in two regenciesi.eBantaeng and Bone respectively. The result indicated that the cost
of hybrid maize production account for approximately 30% of the total production cost. Most of the cost used to
afford certified hybrid seed and fertilizer. Total cost of production was Rp 3,551,800 whereas the revenue gained
was about Rp 7,385,000. Thus the use of hybrid maize in Bantaeng could benefit the farmers of about Rp 3,833,120.
B/C ratio gained from maize production was 2.08. In addition to Bone, total cost production was 1,030,000 with the
revenue of about 10,384,000. B/C ratio gained from maize production was 7.12, indicating that the use of hybrid
seed in maize production would benefit farmers.