Dampak Tingkat Kesejahteraan Petani Terhadap Alih Fungsi Lahan Padi Sawah (Studi Kasus di Kecamatan Siantar Marimbun, Kota Pematangsiantar)

Abstract

Farmer welfare is a very important thing to pay attention to where this welfare can be known by using indicators of farmer welfare levels, namely the farmer exchange rate (NTP) and the Agricultural Business Exchange Rate (NTUP). The low conditions of farmers' NTP and NTUP values can trigger the conversion of paddy fields to non-agricultural land. This study aims to analyze and determine the differences in household income and household expenditure of farmers who do not convert, convert part of the land, and convert all paddy fields in Siantar Marimbun District and analyze and determine the impact of the level of welfare of paddy farmers' households on land conversion decisions in Siantar Marimbun District. The data in this study were analyzed using the One Way Anova test. The significance values of farmer household income and expenditure were respectively 0,255 and 0,434 > 0,05, meaning that on average there is no difference in the value of income and household expenditure of rice farmers in Simarimbun District, Pematangsiantar City. The significance value of farmer household welfare was obtained at 0,096 > 0,05, it was concluded that on average there was no difference in farmer household welfare so that the level of farmer welfare did not have an impact on the decision to convert rice field land in Siantar Marimbun District, Pematangsiantar City in 2022.