Risk Management Analysis of Rice Business in Bohar Village, Taman District, Sidoarjo Regency Analysis Of Rice Farming Risk Management In Bohar Village, Taman District, Sidoarjo Regency.
Risk management is a tool that can assist farmers in making decisions in dealing with risks. So that research on risk analysis is important to be carried out in order to determine appropriate farming risk management actions for farmers. This study aims to analyze the kinds of risks faced, analyze the level of risk, risk management strategies for rice farming in Bohar Village, Taman District, Sidoarjo Regency. The research location was chosen purposively in the village of Bohar, Taman District, Sidoarjo Regency, which has a high risk potential and is one of the areas that has a fairly low production in Sidoarjo Regency. The data is divided into primary data and secondary data, primary data obtained from interviews with a total sample of 36 people. The analysis in this study uses descriptive analysis and the level of risk. The results of the research that the risk management carried out by rice farmers in Bohar Village, Taman District, Sidoarjo Regency, namely starting from farmers identifying damage or problems that occur in rice farming. Farmers also take several ways to reduce the risks that occur in their farming. There are three strategies carried out by farmers, namely ex-ante strategies (before the risk occurs) such as rice - rice - rice cropping patterns, conventional planting systems and the use of superior varieties, and seed treatment. Interactive strategies (when there is a risk) such as doing embroidery, spacing tightly or jajar legowo, using fertilizer types and volumes according to needs, looking for workers from outside the village and borrowing credit from informal sources. Ex-post strategies (after a risk occurs) such as completely relying on rice farming, taking from savings and finding solutions to existing failures.