Research Article
Measuring The Effectiveness of Agricultural Mechanization Performance on Irrigated Rice Area in Batubara Regency
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.14-9-2020.2304503, author={Tommy Purba and Helmi Helmi and Ferdinanta Sembiring and Deddy Romulo Siagian and Lermansius Haloho and Moral Abadi Girsang and Khadijah EL Ramija}, title={Measuring The Effectiveness of Agricultural Mechanization Performance on Irrigated Rice Area in Batubara Regency}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Sustainable Management and Innovation, ICoSMI 2020, 14-16 September 2020, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICOSMI}, year={2021}, month={5}, keywords={combine harvester effectiveness jarwo tranplanter rice batubara regency}, doi={10.4108/eai.14-9-2020.2304503} }- Tommy Purba
Helmi Helmi
Ferdinanta Sembiring
Deddy Romulo Siagian
Lermansius Haloho
Moral Abadi Girsang
Khadijah EL Ramija
Year: 2021
Measuring The Effectiveness of Agricultural Mechanization Performance on Irrigated Rice Area in Batubara Regency
ICOSMI
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.14-9-2020.2304503
Abstract
One of issues facing by agricultural sector is the declining number and high-cost spend for agricultural labour, and followed by declining number of agricultural mechanizations. It affects to diverse planting time and the limitation of cultivated-area. Hence, this study conducted to measure the effectiveness of agricultural mechanization on rice cultivation in Aras Village (Air Putih District), started from January to December 2018. Some observed-variables are the field work capacity, number of labour, total cultivated-area and benefit cost ratio. The results show that jarwo transplanter has the capacity to replace twenty-one of agricultural labours and be economized IDR 405,000/ha. Meanwhile, the usage of combine harvester has ability to replace thirty-six of agricultural labours and be economized IDR 610,000/ha. Using agricultural mechanization share a higher B/C ratio compare with farmers style by 2.5 and 1.2, respectively. The usage of agricultural mechanization is mainly important to enhance rice production and farmers’ income.
