ANALISIS PRODUKSI DAN PENDAPATAN USAHA TANI RUMPUT LAUT DI DESA BINALAWAN KECAMATAN SEBATIK BARAT KABUPATEN NUNUKAN
This study intended to answer two questions related to the Analysis of Production and Income of Seaweed Farming in Binalawan Village, West Sebatik District, Nunukan Regency. The aims of this study were: (1) to determine the effect of stretched rope length, seeds, labor, harvest age and experience on seaweed production in Binalawan village; (2) to find out the income of seaweed farming in Binalawan village. As many as 51 seaweed farmers were taken as the sample that was determined through the accidental sampling method. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis through the cobb-Douglas approach and income analysis. Based on the analysis of the estimation model, it was shown that LnY= 3.419 + Ln0.326X1 + Ln0,314X2 – Ln0,187X3 + Ln0,264X4 + Ln0,110X5. The variables that had a significant effect on seawed production were stretch rope (X1), seeds (X2), harvest age (X4) and farming experience (X5), and the variable that did not significantly affect seaweed production wa labor (X3). The total costs incurred by farmers in seaweed farming was Rp. 44,336,843.38 with receipts of Rp. 12,183,620. So that the net income of farmers was Rp. 7,846,776.62/planting season.