Portrait of Household Income and Corn Farmers Welfare City and Village Area in Gorontalo District, Indonesia

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to):1 examine the contribution of income from corn farming to household income of farmers in city and village areas and 2) photograph the welfare level of corn farmers in village and city areas. This research was conducted in Gorontalo Regency. The object studied is the welfare of corn farmers based on the Sajogyo criteria approach. The type of research data is primary data, with the data source being corn farmers; therefore, the method used is a survey. The sampling technique used purposive random sampling. The purposive technique (deliberately) was carried out for samples of city and village areas. The criteria for the regional sample are; distance, accessibility, the form of government administration, and facilities. The selected sample cities are Tenilo and Tilihuwa Villages, while the selected village areas are Modelidu Village and North Dulamayo Village. The number of sampling units is 87 farmers, with the distribution of each region using proportional allocation. The results showed that: 1) the contribution of income from corn farming to the total household income of corn farmers in city areas is 33.69%, and in village areas, it was 59.02%. Statistically, in village areas, the proportion of farmers whose sources of income from corn farming exceed other incomes is significant, while in city areas, the proportion is not significant; 2) if the household income of corn farmers only comes from corn farming, based on the Sajogyo indicator, the welfare level of corn farmers in city areas is included in the poor category, while corn farmers in village areas are in the near poor category.