PROSPEK PENGEMBANGAN USAHATANI MELON LAHAN PASIR PANTAI DI DESA KARANGSEWU KECAMATAN GALUR KABUPATEN KULON PROGO
Abstract
This research aims to determine the cost of farming, reveneu, income,
profit, expediency and prospect of melon farming in Karangsewu, Galur, Kulon
Progo. Method in this research used analitic descriptive method as technical
implementation. This research involved 30 respondens of farmer in Gupit Village
and Imorenggo Village determined using simple random sampling. Analisis of
data used four indicators of expediency of farming are RC ratio, land
pruductivity, capital productivity, and labor productivity. The results showed that
the highest costs of melon farming with percentage 51,96% from total cost. The
highest implisit cost is the rent of land as much as Rp. 8.895.00,- per farming per
season. Explicit cost as much as Rp. 10.609.347,- with percentage 48,04%. The
highest explicit cost is cost of fertilizer as much as Rp. 4.473.823,- with
percentage 20,25%. Based on analysis of expediency melon farming of sand
beach land showed the value of RC ratio is 1,76. In addition, the land productivity
is higher than the rent of land, the capital productivity is higher than the capital
interest, and the labor productivity is higher than the cost of labor. Therefore, it
can be concluded that the melon farming of sand beach land in Karagsewu,
Galur, Kulon Progo is worthy to cultivated and developed.