ANALISIS KESAN SUBSIDI TERHADAP PENGELUARAN PADI DI KAWASAN MUDA

Abstract

Muda Irrigation Area is one of the main rice granaries in Malaysia and is the largest contributor to the country's rice production. It receives the highest subsidies from the government through various types of the rice subsidy scheme. Various efforts and approaches have been implemented through government expenditure (rice subsidy scheme) to ensure that Muda area continues to produce rice for the country. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of rice subsidy scheme given by the government on the changes in production and income of farmers in the Muda area. Among the subsidy schemes are minimum guaranteed prices, rice subsidy scheme and fertilizer subsidy scheme. Independent variables such as rice plantation areas and the number of labors (farmers) have been included in the model. This study focuses on the effect of subsidy scheme on paddy production by applying cointegration test and correction errors according to Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach to validate the existence and direction of the relationship between all variables by using time series data 37 years (1980-2016). The results showed that there was a long-run relationship (cointegration) between government expenditure (rice subsidy scheme) on rice production in the Muda Area. The study suggests that government intervention, need to be continued but needs to be transformed so that the rice industry become more competitive and able to become producers and exporters of rice to foreign countries.