Corporate farming is an agricultural model carried out with the principle of expanding the planting area by eliminating land boundaries. The aim is to improve group production and productivity. This agricultural model is also a solution to the conversion of functions and increasingly massive land fragmentation. As a result, the income obtained by farmers is limited to subsistence land. This study aimed to determine the income distribution of corporate farming model farmers in Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java. Sukoharjo Regency was chosen as the research location with consideration as a national food barn that implements corporate farming. Sampling using a census of 51 farmers. The study results show that farmers' incomes have reached a prosperous degree according to the World Bank's criteria. The distribution of farmers' income is even with a low level of income inequality.

ABSTRACT Porang is a plant that lives in tropical forests. Plants that can also be grown in the lowlands are easy to live among forest tree stands, such as teak and sengon trees. Porang farming has promising prospects because it has economic value that can be developed. In addition, porang has many benefits, especially for industrial and health raw materials, this is due to the content of glucomannan substances contained in it. East Lombok Regency is one area that has great potential for the development of porang plants in West Nusa Tenggara Province. Porang farming is very potential for the community as an additional income for the community. However, with fluctuating market prices, porang farmers have concerns in implementing and developing porang farming.            The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility of porang farming in East Lombok Regency. Improvements in the cultivation system, technology and downstreaming of porang farming are expected to increase porang productivity which in turn increases farmers' income. Research activities are carried out in several stages, including: (i) site survey, identifying problems, and preparing proposals; (ii) data collection, data tabulation, and data analysis; (iii) draw conclusions and recommend the results of the study. The recommendations generated from this research are in the form of information related to the financial value obtained by porang farmers in East Lombok Regency. Based on the results of the study, it can be seen that the income obtained in porang farming is Rp. 39,696,316/LLG and Rp. 198.481. 580/hectare. And based on the calculation of the B/C ratio of porang farming in East Lombok Regency, the B/C ratio value 1 is 5.3. This shows that porang farming in East Lombok Regency is feasible.Keywords: Feasibility, Farming, Porang

The success of agricultural development, especially in East Lombok Regency, depends on the success of optimizing the utilization of its natural resources. One of the reasons for the acceleration of GRDP growth rate in 2017 was a significant increase in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries categories. East Lombok Regency has a productive land area of ​​22,560 hectares for corn plants with a production of 145,319 tons/year. Almost all parts of the corn plant can be used for various purposes. The young stems and leaves are used as animal feed and organic fertilizer, corn cobs as bioethanol and briquettes, and corn husks as handicraft materials. From each corn harvest, it is estimated that around 65% of shelled corn (rendemen) is produced, while 35% is in the form of waste in the form of stems, leaves, husks, and corn cobs. The focus of this paper is on the utilization of corn plant waste in East Lombok Regency as a business opportunity that can create a product that has economic value. This research method uses descriptive qualitative with a literature study approach. Various business opportunities can be carried out by utilizing corn plant waste into various products, such as: (1) Corn straw as a good source of animal feed for the growth of ruminants and the basic ingredients for making organic fertilizers, (2) Corn cobs and husks as basic ingredients for making various types of handicrafts, as bioethanol (raw material for chemical, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and as fuel), and as alternative fuels (syngas and briquettes).

This study aims to estimate production factors and technical efficiency of rice farming using the corporate farming model. The research location was determined purposively in Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java. The research sample is 51 corporate farmers determined by census. The analytical method uses the stochastic frontier 4.1.C computational program with the Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) method. The estimation results show that the factors that influence rice production are land area, Urea fertilizer and NPK fertilizer. While the value of the technical efficiency of rice farming in the corporate farming model is 0.75 (75%). Farmers still have the opportunity to increase their efficiency by 25%.

The need for organic fertilizers is always increasing in the development of food crops in Indonesia, especially in the East Lombok Regency. The increase in fertilizer demand was driven by the scarcity of fertilizers and the lack of subsidized fertilizers in various regions. In processing livestock manure such as cow manure, it is still very minimal because farmers in the area have not processed it optimally. This is because cow dung is considered to cause an unpleasant odor, is dirty and can cause many diseases, causing the desire to throw it away. Whereas cow dung can be utilized optimally as the main ingredient for making compost. Efforts to add compost activator can be done by adding MA-11 or better known as microbacter alfaafa-11 as the main decomposer. The purpose of this community service (PKM) is for farmer groups in Gapuk Village by utilizing cow dung so that its management can be processed optimally so that in the long term it is expected to be able to produce at affordable prices and environmentally friendly. This activity uses the following methods: a) counseling and face-to-face on the importance of processing cow dung into organic fertilizer, b) knowledge training on how to make organic fertilizer with cow dung and MA-11 decomposer, and c) demonstration of making organic fertilizer.