STRATEGI AKSELERASI PENINGKATAN PENDAPATAN PETANI JAMBU METE DI SULAWESI TENGGARA

Abstract

The cashew nuts production in Southeast Sulawesi has been showed the indicated to
decreasing productivity and production fluctuation for ten years between 1995 until 2004. The
cashew farming in Southeast Sulawesi especially in Muna district such as center production
showed the low income on household farmers. The review of this paper showed the actual
condition with the cashew farmers in their villages in Muna district that there were many
factors determinants, i.e. the availability capital, input production, cashew trees condition,
land condition, technology, managerial, market institutions, farming instructors and financial
institution. This paper has the objectives main to improving the cashew farmer’s condition
needed to increase their income on household farmers. The strategy for improving the above
condition i.e. integration farming system between animals and crops especially in their field
of cashew trees, past harvesting, quality, and market and pattern crops for the land
optimization after the rehabilitation cashew trees. The five above condition is the crucial
determinants as the good strategy hope to improving their condition especially to increase the
productivity and farmers income on household farming