Welfare of Paddy Farmers and the Influence of Paddy Prices on Rice Prices in Lumajang Regency

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paddy price; rice price; welfare Introduction

Abstract

Rice products come from paddy cultivated by farmers. Farmers as upstream actors in rice agribusiness obtain lower exchange rates than paddy and rice traders. This condition reflects the low purchasing power of farmers from paddy farming for the products consumed (e.g., rice). This study aims to (1) determine the welfare of paddy farmers and (2) analyze the effect of paddy prices at the farm level on rice prices at the district level. This research was carried out in the Candipuro and Jatiroto districts in Lumajang regency. The regency was chosen as the research site as it is one of the food-storage areas in East Java, with paddy as the main commodity. The respondents were paddy farmers. The Snowball method was operative upon gaining the research sample. The primary research data were obtained from farmers through a direct interview, while the secondary data were obtained from the Department of Agriculture and Central Agency of Statistics (BPS) of Lumajang Regency. To address the first research objective, farmers' share was put under analysis. Multiple linear regression was performed to address the second objective. The results highlighted the following findings: (1) the paddy farmers in Jatiroto district were prosperous, while those in Candipuro district were found to have fair prosperity; and (2) Paddy rice at the farm level in Candipuro district and Jatiroto district influenced rice prices in Lumajang regency. Partially, the price at the farm level in Jatiroto district posed no significant effect on the rice price in the regency level, while the paddy price at the farm level in Candipuro district had a significant effect on the rice price at regency level.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Evita Soliha Hani
AU  - Rachmat Udhi
AU  - Djoko Soejono
AU  - Gatot Subroto
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/04/27
TI  - Welfare of Paddy Farmers and the Influence of Paddy Prices on Rice Prices in Lumajang Regency
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Network Topology (ICCGANT 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 245
EP  - 251
SN  - 2352-541X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-138-8_22
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-138-8_22
ID  - Hani2023
ER  -