Citation
S. Triyanto, Aris Slamet Widodo
(2006)
Management Practices of the Integrated Organic Farming System in Gunungkidul District, Indonesia.
Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
Abstract
An integrated organic farming system applies the concept of "Low External Input
Sustainable Agriculture" (LEISA) and this system develops the livestock business
and the crop business in one location or area using local resources to optimize inputs.
This study is an attempt to analyze the management and economic characteristics of
the integrated organic faming system in the Gunungkidul, Indonesia. The specific
objectives of this study were: (i) to examine the socio-economic profile of farmers
that practiced the integrated organic farming system, (ii) to evaluate the farm
management practices, (iii) to determine the optimal allocation resources used in the
integrated organic farming system.
The study comprises three components. The first was a study on the social economic
profile of the respondents. The second was a study on the farmers' management
capability, based on the management functions of setting objectives, planning,
controlling and decision-making. The third was a study on the optimal allocation of
resources used in the integrated organic farming system. The Likert Scale was used to measure the fanners' management capability. The
Linear Programming method was used to determine the optimal allocation of
resources. Descriptive analysis was also used to explain the integrated organic
fanning system that had been practiced in the study area. Primary data were
collected from a fann survey and secondary data were obtained from relevant
agencies.
The study found that the integrated organic fanning system practiced is combination
between integrated fanning and organic farming. Organic fertilizers and bio
pesticides were the organic materials always used in the farming practice. The
fanners made a special bio pesticide from local materials.
The Gunungkidul fanners had applied the rotation system based on seasons in their
farming practice. Paddy was planted in the rainy season, corn and peanut in the flfSt
dry season and in the second dry season, the farmers planted watermelons and inter
cropped between com and peanut. In the study area, the supply of organic fertilizer
was from chickens, goats and cows. The supply of livestock fodder was from crop
waste especially from paddy straw. Grass was also fed to cows and goats, especially
to cows. Farmers also gave mineral concentrates that contained corn, waste from
tofu and rice siftings.
The results of the analysis on management capability show that the farmers had a
low level of management capability in setting objective and controlling but they had
a middle level of management capability in planning and decision-making.
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