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Research Paper | Agricultural Economics | Indonesia | Volume 6 Issue 3, March 2017

Welfare and Control of Resource of Feed Ingredients Corn Farmers in Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

Ahmad Ramadhan Siregar ^[6] | Mohammad Anwar Sadat ^[2]

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of control of resources on the welfare of corn farmers in GowaRegency of South Sulawesi Province. This study was conducted in Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi Province, with a construction period of 6 (six) months from May to October 2015. The population of corn farmers in Gowa Regency in South Sulawesi province, with samples to be used in this study were 50 farmer respondents. The results of this study indicate that, corn farmers in Gowa Regency has a land area varied. Farmers also have experience in farming. Corn farmer age level, categorized still productive with a range of between 25-55 years, and the average education level is still low. Control of resources for corn farmers in Gowa, there are four aspects the aspect of labor is the biggest labor of planting and harvesting, further aspects of capital mostly corn farmers use their own capital to farming corn, then the aspect of land mostly maize farmers own their own land and last aspect of the equipment used include hoes, machetes, spraying pests, kored and embrad. So it can be said that farmers already take advantage of the resources they have.

Keywords: Welfare, Resource Control, Farmers and Corn

Edition: Volume 6 Issue 3, March 2017,

Pages: 905 - 909

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