| Author | Handoto, Suryo |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. AE-90-01 |
| Subject(s) | Rice--Indonesia
Crop yields--Indonesia
|
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements
for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The study was undertaken to analyze and to compare the
cost of rice production on animal and hand tractor farms in
Karawang district , West J ava. The village with animal farms is
in hilly area . The average wage rate on anima l farms was about
Rp. 25 00, - per day and t h e price of paddy was only Rp. 18 0 to
Rp. 200 per kg. The village with hand tractor farms is located
25 km from animal farms village. Th e average labor wage rate
on h and tractor farms was about Rp. 3500 per day and the price
of paddy was about Rp. 23 0 per kg.
It was found t h at for farms where anima l s were used for
l a nd preparation, it was most economical to use them up to
farm size of 1 .5 hectares. In contrast, for t h e farmers using
own hand tractors it was economical to use them on farms of
more t h an 1 .5 hectares in size.
The cost of rice production for hand tractor farm
higher than that for animal farms. The net income of
tractor farms was higher than that of animal farms if the
tractors were utilized on other farms for custom- hired
preparation.
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It was also found that the land preparation cost of hand
tractor farms was equal to the custom rate at about 11 ha,
whereas using animals was always higher than that of custom
rate u sing hand tractor.
Up to about 2 hectare, the l and preparation cost using
animals was lower than that using a own hand tractor. For farm
size more 'than 2 hectare, l a nd preparation cost using a own
hand tractor was lower than that using animals. |
| Year | 1990 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Agricultural and Food Engineering (AE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Singh, Gajendra
|
| Examination Committee(s) | Waibel, Hermann ;Salokhe, Vilas M.
|
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Overseas Fellowship Program (OFP)
The Government of Re public of Indonesia |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1990 |
