Along with the increasing of population led to the conversion of agricultural land into residential. Urban settlements in the Tegalgede village especially in areas caused a high density of houses and each house has a narrow yard. Until now, the yard is not used optimally so that the views of the houses in the village seem barren. One cause of the narrowness of the land and yard is limited family income. Based on the condition and situation, the problem of community are: (1) The level of education and knowledge on verticulture techniques is low, and (2) The level of education and knowledge about farming and marketing management are limited, and (3)People are not able to manage their yard optimally. Some approaches were used to solve the problem, such as socialization, counseling, and mentoring, demoplot on organic vegetable cultivation using verticulture technique, business management and marketing management. Results shows that: (1) housewife who are members of households in the group of Rose and Jasmine achieved education and new knowledge about how organic green mustard cultivation, management and cost analysis of farm business, (2) housewife has positive activities every day, (3) yard house become more green and lush, (4) Families can consume healthy organic vegetables and free of pesticides as well as save expenses, and (5) There is an additional income for housewives who sold organic green mustard (Brassica rapa) crops.

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<p><strong><em>Abstract: </em></strong><em>The u</em><em>tilization rate of eel fish locally (in the country) is still very low, this</em><em> is</em><em> </em><em>because</em><em> </em><em>many people</em><em> </em><em>still not</em><em> familiar with this fish</em><em> yet</em><em>. </em><em>M</em><em>ost of the population </em><em>in </em><em>Indonesia </em><em>is still </em><em>not familiar to consume </em><em>an eel </em><em>fish. Until now, the supply of </em><em>eel </em><em>fish seed</em><em>s</em><em> is still</em><em> dependent</em><em> on </em><em>catching in</em><em> nature. The condition of income decline experienced by eel fish farmers in the Kraton </em><em>v</em><em>illage, made changes to the production results caused by the price of eel fish that is still not affordable by the community</em><em>. This change will have an impact on the sustainability of the eel fish cultivation business in Kraton village in Yosowilangun sub-district, Lumajang district. </em><em>This </em><em>study </em><em>aims to know the income of </em><em>eel </em><em>fish</em><em> farmers</em><em> and</em><em> the</em><em> eel fish </em><em>cultivation </em><em>business sustainability. </em><em>This study applied analysis of </em><em>income</em><em> and </em><em>the sustainability of the Rapfish with the descriptive method</em><em>. T</em><em>he results showed that (1) the </em><em>eel fish </em><em>farmers </em><em>at</em><em> Kraton </em><em>village in Yosowilangun sub-district, Lumajang district</em><em> </em><em>earn income</em><em>, (2) the status of sustainability of cultivation is at simply continues on dimension of ecological, social, economic and institutional.</em></p><p><em></em> </p><p><strong>Abstrak:</strong> Tingkat pemanfaatan ikan sidat secara lokal (dalam negeri) masih sangat rendah, hal tersebut diakibatkan belum banyak masyarakat yang kenal ikan ini. Sehingga kebanyakan penduduk Indonesia belum familiar untuk mengkonsumsi ikan sidat. Hingga saat ini pasokan benih ikan sidat masih tergantung pada penangkapan di alam. Kondisi penurunan pendapatan yang dialami oleh pembudidaya ikan sidat di Desa Kraton membuat perubahan terhadap hasil produksi yang disebabkan oleh harga ikan sidat yang masih belum terjangkau masyarakat. Perubahan tersebut akan berdampak pada keberlanjutan usaha budidaya Ikan Sidat di Desa Kraton Kecamatan Yosowilangun Kabupaten Lumajang. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pendapatan pembudidaya ikan sidat serta keberlanjutan usaha budidaya ikan sidat. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis pendapatan, analisis keberlanjutan <em>Rapfish</em> dengan metode diskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) pembudidaya ikan sidat di Desa Kraton Kecamatan Yosowilangun Kabupaten Lumajang memperoleh pendapatan (2) status keberlanjutan usaha budidaya berada pada status cukup berlanjut pada dimensi ekologi, sosial, ekonomi dan kelembagaan.</p>

Perkebunan kopi robusta adalah mata pencaharian utama masyarakat Desa Gombengsari. Keberhasilan perkebunan kopi dipengaruhi oleh produksi kopi, harga kopi, biaya produksi, dan pemeliharaan tanaman kopi. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah: 1) untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi produksi usaha tani kopi rakyat, 2) untuk mengetahui pendapatan petani kopi, 3) untuk mengetahui strategi pengembangan usahatani kopi rakyat. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif analitik. Metode pengambilan sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah stratified random sampling dan purposive sampling. Metode analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah analisis Cobb Douglas, analisis pendapatan, dan Force Field Analysis (FFA). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: 1) faktor produksi yang berpengaruh nyata terhadap produksi kopi rakyat adalah luas lahan, pupuk organik, pupuk anorganik, dan tenaga kerja. 2) usahatani kopi menguntungkan dengan penghasilan Rp 10.691.146,35. 3) strategi pengembangan pertanian kopi berdasarkan FFA yang memaksimalkan faktor pendorong berupa petani berpengalaman dalam budidaya dan meminimalkan hambatan dalam bentuk modal terbatas, masing-masing. Kata kunci:  analisis Cobb Douglas, faktor produksi, force field analysis (FFA), perkebunan kopi robusta

Contract farming (CF) is an important tool to initiate structural transformation of agricultural sector in developing countries. However, one of pertinent problems in its establishment is asymmetric information. This problem creates a condition of mutual distrust between the contracting parties and decreases farmer’s participation in it. Thus, this study aimed to explain the asymmetric information problem in CF and find the correlates of farmer’s participation in it. As one of important industrial crops, this study focused on tobacco CF. This study was conducted at two villages (Antirogo and Nogosari) on two different sub-district (Sumbersari and Rambipuji) in Jember. A sample of 113 farmers were interviewed to collect the data. A descriptive analysis was used to explain the contract arrangement and asymmetric information in tobacco CF. A probit estimation was used to identify the coorelates of farmer’s participation in tobacco CF. The results showed that asymetric information does exists in tobacco CF and can be minimized through intense monitoring and increased transparancy. Both of these are possible when the company contracting directly with farmers. Meanwhile, younger farmer and those with more land are more likely to participate in CF. Furthermore, participation in CF is highly correlated with the increases in farm income. Finally, policy aimed to fostering CF should focused more on regulation that minimize the transaction cost of CF. In addition, in the long term, the policy should focused on incentivize young farmers and encouraging youth to enter agriculture.