IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT PURCHASE PRICE POLICY ON GRAIN REQUESTS AND OFFERS IN RIAS VILLAGE, TOBOALI SUBDISTRICT, SOUTH BANGKA REGENCY

Abstract

Rias Village is one of the villages in the South Bangka Toboali Subdistrict which wasestablished by the Bangka Belitung Provincial Government as a rice barn. The governmentthrough the South Bangka Regent chose Rias Village as an area of food security and plannedto build an agricultural market as an effort to increase the welfare of citizens. This study aimsto analyze the impact of the government's purchase price policy on grain demand and supplyin Rias Village, Toboali Subdistrict, South Bangka Regency and analyze the effectiveness ofgovernment purchase price policies compared to government purchase price policies thatpreviously applied to grain sales at farm level. This research was conducted in September2018 until July 2019 in Rias Village, Toboali Subdistrict, South Bangka Regency. The researchmethod used is the survey method. The sampling method used is quota sampling withsamples of lowland rice farmers. The number of samples of paddy rice farmers is 98 people.Data analysis method uses qualitative analysis (Paired Sample t Test). The results of the studyshow the policy of purchasing government grain before 2015 and after 2015 throughPresidential Regulation No.5 of 2015 did not have a significant impact or difference on thedemand and supply of grain in the Rias Village of Toboali Sub-District. The policy ofpurchasing government grain through Presidential Regulation No.5 of 2015 gives a differenceto the selling value of farmers despite a decline in production levels after 2015 due to pest anddisease attacks on rice farmers so that the policy can be said to be effective and useful forfarmers to guarantee prices grain at the farmer level.