Last modified: 2019-09-25
Abstract
Economic development and growth in Indonesia are an accumulation regional below. In West Java and Cirebon, agriculture is one of the highest sectors contributing to GRDP. However, the condition of the farmers welfare who can contribute a large GRDP to the region needs to be considered. In fact, measuring the welfare of farmers is not enough to just look at Farmer Exchange Rate (FER). The researcher Alhe Laitte in Tarigan (2017) stated that, "FER is more appropriate for measuring farmers' purchasing power, while the measure of farmers' welfare is not only limited to farmers' power, but also covers other broader aspects." This study analyzes the welfare of farmers in the rice production process. The purpose of the research is to describe the problems faced by farmers in farming process. This research is a descriptive study with a method of collecting data in questionnaires to 50 respondents of farmers in Curug Village, Susukan Lebak District, Cirebon Regency. The results of this study indicate that, farmers are currently not prosperous. This is seen from the farmers capital, threats to crop failure, limited knowledge, selling price of grain and farmers' income are still below regional minimum wage. Recommendations from this study, the government should pay attention to the condition of the farmers' cycles starting from capital ownership. Government programs such as capital loans, raw material assistance and crop failure insurance are needed by farmers. On the other hand, regulating the purchase price and buyers of grain also needs to be regulated and monitored.