Economic determination in increasing agricultural production in Lamongan district

Abstract

Agriculture is an important factor in the basic economic sustainability of the population of Lamongan Regency. The large number of people whose livelihoods are farmers makes agriculture as the main commodity of the local community. It is undeniable that the agricultural sector in Lamongan Regency is an agricultural product contributing to the top ten of East Java’s GRDP. If agriculture occurs the problem will have an impact on the decline in agricultural production. The variables used in this study are labor, agricultural land, irrigation, subsidies as independent variables and the production of dependent variables. The methodology of this study uses a quantitative approach using multiple linear regression, partial tests, simultaneous tests and dominant tests. The data source in this study was conducted in the period between 2010-2018 with the approach of 3 multiple linear regression models, so that it can compare the models that look good and have an impact on agricultural production. The analytical tool used in this study was eviews 10. The results of this study partially occurred a positive relationship between labor, land, and irrigation to production, while partially a negative relationship occurred between subsidies to production. But simultaneously there is a simultaneous or joint relationship between labor, land, irrigation and subsidies affecting production. The dominant value of the four variables of labor, agricultural land, irrigation and subsidies is in the labor force.