Household Economics Analysis of Mina Mendong Farmers (Case Study in Wajak Village – Malang Regency)

Abstract

Mina mendong farming is an agricultural activity which combines fish farming with crop cultivation in the rice fields mendong. Mina mendong farming is very important for farmers with small land area or middle and lower economic in the Wajak village. For the farmers, it can be optimize land use and reduce the risk of farming because it produces more than one output. The objectives of this research are: (1) analyzing the factors that affect the production of mina mendong; (2) analyzing the contribution of mina mending farming income to the revenue of farmers’ households. This research is use econometric model of mina mendong farmers’ households’ economy into simultaneous analysis model. The result shows that the factors affecting farm production is the use of fertilizers, the quantity of seeds mina mendong fish, and the use of pellets mina mendong. The income of mina mending farming contributes to the revenue of farmers’ households amounting 61.54 percent.

Keywords: mina mendong, mendong, fish, income, revenue, household economic