Difficult to Become Rich and Prosperous For Rice Farmer

Difficult to Become Rich and Prosperous For Rice Farmer


It is true that most of the poor farmers in the rural-poor are rice farmers. But it's not fair and does not solve the problem if we just raise the claim, if it is true it is not just  the question of what is the problem that paddy farmer 'no' to become rich.

 As the actual fact we can not deny that the farmers also had a lot of success in sending their children to succeed and become rich later. Even many who claim its rice farmers now have a high office. He is the son of a farmer.
In addition, 'like' it was also related to lifestyle, it can be a great income from rice farming, but it looks very simple, people fooled and did not enter into the category of the rich. Indeed, sometimes they are not fair. There is one medium-class earnings but looks cool and like a rich man and went into the arena of people like to bring a car to go everywhere.

Some things as the reasons why farming is bad position and most people do not like to be in this position.
1. The harvest is low, it could be due to the narrow area of ​​land or low productivity.
2. The price of rice or grain yield was still low, probably because the quality is not good, its governance is weak, the harvest and bad distribution.
3. The cost of labor, cost of production, including production infrastructure is too high, the cost of operations and transportation and marketing results are still expensive, thus reducing the profitability of farming rice..

Then how can it make farming a rice farmer became wealthy and even rich. Then if it can be measured by numbers or quantitatively, how the size of the minimum paddy farmers will deliver and become rich? If the size of the affluent, or as it is for example with net income above IDR 5 million per month, or if the season (4 months) net income above IDR 20 million, or if within one year net income of more than IDR 60 million.

Total net income above IDR 60 million per year as it could be filled with measurements (assumption) as follows:

1. Gross revenue from sales is net income plus production costs, operational costs, etc. If it follows the pattern of 1: 3, meaning that the gross proceeds of 3 and costs 1, then the value is 2. If the value of 2 is equal to IDR 60 million, then the value of 3, which is the gross income derived from the sale or harvest amounted to IDR 90 million

. 2. If the gross income from the sale of grain or rice IDR 90 million, then it can be converted to a number of grain or rice crops with a certain specific price anyway. And production of a number of grain or rice will be obtained from the area with certain productivity. The table below presents some alternative and conditions (assumptions) farming to earn a gross income of IDR 90 million per year.

Minimum Gross Income Target (IDR / year) Grain prices Price of Rice (IDR / kg) Production (tons) Area (hectares) of winter (times / year)