Farm Management Analysis in Paddy Granary Areas in Enhancing On-Farm Income
2013
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Farm Management Analysis in Paddy Granary Areas in Enhancing On-Farm Income
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Income inequality between rural and urban areas is a persistent issue that has been frequently studied and
discussed with the hope of introducing or improving schemes that would lead to closing the gap between
these two areas. Traditionally; paddy farmers have been mired in poverty and their livelihood has largely
relied on on-farm income. In rice granary areas; on-farm income has played an important role in providing
rural livelihood among paddy farmer households. Since on-farm income has played an important role in the
rural livelihood; it is important to comprehend the influential factors determining on-farm income of the
paddy farmers and find solutions to improve their income level and enhance future agricultural developments
on the main granaries. We attempt to find out confronting problems in relation to on-farm income in the
paddy sector by concentrating on paddy granary areas in Kedah; Selangor and Terengganu. This paper tries to
grasp the characteristics of farm management and reveal influential determinants of gross return per hectare
in value term in the three paddy granary areas while computing the benefit-cost ratio. The sample farmers
were interviewed to gather information on the individual farm management practices in each area and farm
management analysis was employed to analyze the obtained information. The Cobb-Douglas production
function was used to indicate the significant factors influencing the farmers’ income. The result shows that
there are different characteristics of gross return from paddy in each studied granary area. The usage of
pesticide; fertilizer and seedling method directly influence the gross return per hectare from paddy farming.
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Issue Date
Mar 30 2013
Publication Type
Journal Article
DOI and Other Identifiers
10.22004/ag.econ.148105
1804-1930 (Other)
1804-1930 (Other)
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/148105
PURL Identifier
http://purl.umn.edu/148105
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AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics
Volume
05
Issue
1
Page Range
73 - 81
Total Pages
9
JEL Codes
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IN
Series Statement
2013
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