Analyze Factors That Affect Economic Performance In Varying Rice Farming Systems

Abstract

Management skills in rice paddy cultivation are highly correlated with farmer behavior. Lowland rice farmers have benefited greatly from a government-run scheme designed to increase their productivity. Still, farmers are unable to adequately respond to innovations in lowland rice farm management, particularly those that aim to improve farmers' ability. Furthermore, gender differences must be taken into account in the rice production system. Based on the S-C-P-model's analysis, the rice marketing system is imperfect (oligopolistic), with a small number of large purchasers controlling prices. Compared to other market players, assemblers get a larger portion of the marketing margin (as measured by the Gross Marketing Margin), whereas farmers take home a smaller percentage (below the average) of the margin.