ANALISIS KARAKTERISTIK KEMISKINAN PETANI DI JAWA TIMUR

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to produce appropriate and integrated solution model to the farmers poverty in East Jawa province. Some steps are implemented to make poverty solution in each region or city. The first is identifying the  number of poor people, the second is analyzing the cause of poverty, and the third is analyzing the farmers welfare level. The instruments used to measure the farmers welfare level include the farmers exchange rate (NTP), the farmers additional rate, and the farmers buying index. Based on the poverty analysis result, the cities the highest number of poor people include Sampang, Malang, Bojonegoro, lamongan,
and Bangkalan. The absolute factors that cause the poverty of family in East Jawa include heredity factor, the number of family member to support, and low income. Based on the welfare condition analysis, the findings show that the farmers exchange rate of East Jawa province tends to be fluctuating with the lowest NTP occurs in May and the highest in October as a result of the raise of all sub-sector of agriculture price index. The cities which have the highest NTP include Probolinggo, malang and Ngawi, and the lowest include occurs in Pamekasan,  Jember, and Gresik.