Kemandirian Petani dalam Mengelola Usahatani Sayuran di Kota Denpasar

Abstract

Self-Reliance of Farmers in Managing Vegetable Farming in Denpasar City

The development of urban agriculture has many challenges such as the difficulty of
obtaining production inputs, the difficulty of obtaining credit, the limited of
resources, the limited time, and the agricultural sector which is not a priority sector.
Difficulties in farming in urban areas can be minimized with the self-sufficiency of
each farmer. The purpose of the study was to investigate how the performance of
vegetable farming management and how the level of self-sufficiency of vegetable
farmers in Denpasar, as well as what factors influence the self-sufficiency of
vegetable farmers in the city of Denpasar in terms of capital, production and
marketing that are categorized in three classes of measurement i.e. less selfsufficiency,
moderate self-sufficiency or full self-sufficiency analyzed by qualitative
descriptive method. The results showed that vegetables farming conducted by
farmers in the city of Denpasar was still classified as a traditional that rely on habits.
The self-sufficiency seen from the aspects of capital, production and marketing can
be categorized as medium category. Factors that affect the self-sufficiency in the
capital aspect was age. The self-sufficiency in the aspects of production was
influenced by the source of information, and the self-sufficiency in the marketing
aspect was influenced by the partnership relationship. Based on the results of the
research, it is recommended to increase the extension to increase knowledge of
farmers related to vegetable agribusiness.