Analisis Kelangkaan Pupuk Bersubsidi dan Dampaknya terhadap Produksi dan Pendapatan Petani Padi Sawah

Abstract

Subsidized Fertilizer is fertilizer whose procurement and distribution receive subsidies from the government for farmers needs which is carried out on the basis of government programs in the agricultural sector. This research aims to analyze the mechanism for distributing subsidized fertilizer and analyze the impact of fertilizer shortages on production levels and income of rice farmers. This research uses a descriptive analysis method with quantitative descriptive analysis techniques, and the data collection method is carried out directly with farmers through questionnaires. In this study, there were 30 farmers who were used as respondents or objects in the research by comparing the amount of production, production costs when fertilizer was scarce, and production costs after fertilizer was scarce. The results of this research show that there is a significant differences due to the scarcity of subsidized fertilizer on increasing the amount of production and income of farmers, namely: there is a decrease in production of 24.58% and a decrease in income of 41,61% when there is a fertilizer shortage.