The Economic role of cassava in farmers’ households in Central Lampung Regency, Lampung Province

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the economic role of cassava in farm households in Central Lampung Regency in the span of 1998 to 2018. Data collection were using surveys and in-depth interviews and analyzed using tabulation method. The results showed that there had been a decline in the economic role of cassava in farm households from 86% to 43.39%. There had been an increase in the share of on-farm income outside cassava (sugar cane, poultry farming, and cattle, etc) and the share of off-farm income (farm laborers) and non-farm income (employees, drivers, and traders) in line with the growth of the sugar processing industry since the past 10 years. In 1998, the economic role of cassava on household income was 86% while it was 43.39% in 2018. Non-cassava income was 39.13%, off-farm income as farmer income was 8.52%, and non-farm income was 8.96%. The shift of the primary sector to the secondary and tertiary sectors occurred because in Terusan Nunyai Sub-district, sugar cane factories and pineapple factories had been established, so farmers preferred to become farm laborers, employees, drivers, and traders to increase their incomes.

Income and welfare level of cassava farmers during covid-19 pandemic era in Lampung Province

“…Several welfare indicators of cassava are listed as follows: 2, it is known that the value of indicator of population and education both in Central Lampung and East Lampung was classified as good. However, this result was not in line with the study who reported that education level of farmer was still low, yet this study obtained high value for the indicator of education [11]. Furthermore, cassava farmers both in Central Lampung and East Lampung obtained a moderate score in term of health and nutrient, housing and environment, and other social aspects.…”

“…Furthermore, the regulation of PSBB or social distancing has created several impacts, such as hindering the distribution of production facility and transportation, also causing limited availability of production facility, thus lowering cassava production and resulting in low welfare of farmer. For the last 20 years, or since 2018, there was declining welfare level of farm household in Lampung Province [11]. Analysis tools used to measure welfare level of cassava farmers in Lampung Province was in accordance with the five indicators of Badan Pusat Statistik (2014) which included population, health and nutrient, education, housing and environment, and other social aspects.…”

Characterization of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) resistant to drought stress as a result of selection using PEG 6000

“…Indonesia is the third largest cassava producing country after Nigeria and Thailand with an average production of 23.90 million tons [4]. Lampung Province is the largest cassava producing province in Indonesia, while Central Lampung Regency is the main cassava production center in Lampung Province [5].…”

Adaptation of cassava agribusiness systems during the Covid-19 pandemic (case in Pasar Pedati Village, Bengkulu Province)

“…In addition, more than 20 traditional culinary products have been produced from cassava such as cassava chips and cassava crunchy to increase the added value of cassava products and farmers' income [9]. *Corresponding author: wilda.mikasari@yahoo.com Various disturbances in the cassava agribusiness system cause problems for farmers, especially price uncertainty [10], which disrupts the sustainability of the cassava agribusiness system and reduces farmers' bargaining power. Various ways are suggested to anticipate disturbances in the marketing subsystem, including through the formation of clusters that connect farmer institutions and markets [11], strengthening the processing subsystem by diversifying cassava products to increase farmers' bargaining power [9,12,13], facilitation financing [14,15], and government program support [16].…”