Analysis of Factors Affecting the Exchange Rate of Rice Farmers (NTP) in Candi District, Sidoarjo Regency
Another factor phenomenon that is also suspected to have a strong influence on NTP is labor. Labor itself is the most important indicator in agricultural development, without labor the agricultural system will not work well because agriculture requires labor from upstream to downstream. The factors that affect Farmer's Exchange Rate (NTP) in Candi District, Sidoarjo Regency in this study are age, education, number of farmer family members, seed prices, pesticide costs, labor costs, land area (Ha) and income and expenses. farmer household food. This study aims to analyze the Farmer's Exchange Rate (NTP) for lowland rice, to analyze what factors affect the Farmer's Exchange Rate (NTP) for lowland rice and to determine the level of welfare of rice farmers in Candi District, Sidoarjo Regency with the Farmer's Exchange Rate. The research location is in Candi District, Sidoarjo Regency in this study, the number of samples determined will be examined as many as 40 samples according to the number that the author wants to determine. The analysis tool uses Farmer's Exchange Rate (NTP) analysis, multiple regression analysis and descriptive analysis. The results of the study were that the average exchange rate of the sample farmers in the study area was 63.19 or less than 100. Thus, it can be concluded that the welfare level of the sample farmers in Candi District, Sidoarjo Regency, is a farmer experiencing a deficit. Partially the variables of land area, farming costs, selling prices, food expenditures and non-food expenditures have a significant effect on the exchange rate of rice farming farmers. Farmers who are categorized as prosperous are 4 farmers and farmers who are not prosperous are 36 farmers. The decline in the Farmer's Exchange Rate was caused by many things.