ANALISIS PROFITABILITAS SISTEM USAHATANI TUMPANGSARI TEMBAKAU DENGAN BAWANG MERAH DIKECAMATAN JEROWARU KABUPATEN LOMBOK TIMUR

TheProfitability Analysis Of Intercovery Farming System Of Tobacco and Onion In Jerowaru Sub District East Lombok Regency

Abstract

The study aims to (1) analyze the comparative benefits between tobacco and shallot intercropping farming with tobacco monoculture, and (2) identify the advantages of tobacco and shallot intercropping farming systems in Jerowaru District, East Lombok Regency, using a comparative method. The sample was determined by purposive sampling and determination of 39 respondents using the Slovin formula for each tobacco and shallot intercropping farmer and monoculture farmer. Data analysis includes cost analysis, revenue, profit, profitability, R/C Ratio and t-test.

The results of this research show: (1) Tobacco and shallot intercropping farming is more profitable than the tobacco monoculture farming system because the profit of tobacco and shallot intercropping farming in Jerowaru District is IDR. 64,745,211/LLG or Rp. 113,588,090/Ha, while the profit from tobacco monoculture farming is IDR. 60,590,034/LLG or Rp. 120,947,584/Ha, with a profitability level of intercropping tobacco of 85% and shallots of 16% per planting season, while in monoculture farming the profitability is 90% and both are greater than the Net Profit Margin, namely 5%, meaning that intercropping of tobacco and Shallots and tobacco monoculture farming are profitable or have a profit that is worth developing. (2) The advantages of the tobacco and shallot intercropping farming system in Jerowaru District include the physical aspect, namely the cultivation process, the shelf life of the shallot commodity is longer, the quality of the shallots produced is better in terms of color, the risk of being attacked by pests in the intercropping farming system lower and from an economic perspective, namely lower production costs, income from the intercropping farming system is greater than from the monoculture system.