PENDAPATAN DAN KELAYAKAN USAHATANI GARAM GEOMEMBRAN DAN NON GEOMEMBRAN DI KECAMATAN PADEMAWU KABUPATEN PAMEKASAN

Abstract

Abstrak

Kecamatan Pademawu, Kabupaten Pamekasan menjadi salah satu penghasil garam di Pulau Madura, tetapi hal tersebut tidak berimbas pada kesejahteraan para petani garam. Kebijakan impor garam yang dikeluarkan pemerintah memperburuk hasil produksi garam, petani tidak tidak dapat menentukan harga garam, petani hanya berperan sebagai penerima harga, selain itu kelemahan sistem tata niaga garam dan kurangnya pengusaan teknologi geomembran untuk meningkatkan kualitas dan kuantitas garam menjadi permasalahan petani garam. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pendapatan dan kelayakan usahatani garam geomembran dan non geomembran di Kecamatan Pademawu, Kabupaten Pamekasan.

Penelitian ini menggunakan mixed methods dengan desain penelitian sequential explanatory. Populasi penelitian sebanyak 150 petani garam dengan sampel 60 dihitung menggunakan rumus Yamane dan metode pengambilan sampel menggunakan proportionate stratified random sampling yang membagi petani berdasarkan dua jenis, yaitu petani garam yang menggunakan geomembran 40 dan petani garam non geomembran 20.

Hasil penelitian menunjukkan rata-rata pendapatan usahatani garam yang diperoleh petani geomembran di Kecamatan Pademawu, Kabupaten Pamekasan sebesar Rp69.008.239 dan rata-rata pendapatan usahatani garam yang diperoleh petani non geomembran di Kecamatan Pademawu, Kabupaten Pamekasan sebesar Rp17.308.288, kemudian tingkat kelayakan usahatani garam di Kecamatan Pademawu, Kabupaten Pamekasan lebih besar dari 1. Nilai kelayakan usahatani garam geomembran adalah 4,00 dan nilai kelayakan usahatani garam non geomembran adalah 1,82, artinya usahatani garam layak di usahakan.

Kata kunci : Pendapatan petani, kelayakan usahatani, garam

Abstract

Pademawu District, Pamekasan Regency is one of the salt producers on Madura Island, but this does not have an impact on the welfare of salt farmers. The salt import policy issued by the government is accurate in salt production, farmers cannot determine the price of salt, farmers only act as price takers. Apart from that, the weakness of the salt trading system and incapability on mastering geomembrane technology to increase the salt quality and quantity are such problems for salt farmers. This research aims to determine the income and feasibility of geomembrane and non-geomembrane salt farming in Pademawu District, Pamekasan Regency.

This research used mixed methods with a sequential explanatory research design. This design is characterized by collecting and analyzing quantitative data in the first stage, and followed by collecting and analyzing qualitative data in the second stage. The population of this study was 150 salt farmers with a sample of 60 calculated using the Yamane formula and the sampling method used proportionate stratified random sampling which divided farmers into two types, namely 40 geomembrane salt farmers and 20 non-geomembrane salt farmers.

The results of the research showed that the average salt farming income obtained by geomembrane farmers was Pademawu District, Pamekasan Regency was IDR 69,008,239 and the average salt farming income obtained by non-geomembrane farmers in Pademawu District, Pamekasan Regency was IDR 17,308,288, then the level of farming feasibility salt in Pademawu District, Pamekasan Regency is greater than 1. The feasibility value of geomembrane salt farming was 4.00 and the feasibility value of non-geomembrane salt farming was 1.82, meaning that salt farming was worth pursuing.

Keywords: Farmer income, farming feasibility, salt