Social Economic Conditions of Seaweed Farmers in Jeneponto Regency

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10.2991/icamr-18.2019.140How to use a DOI?

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Social economic, seaweed, farmers

Abstract

Designing the right strategies for the business development of seaweed cultivation in Jeneponto Regency requires a variety of information. One of the required information is the socio-economic information of seaweed farmers. This study aimed to describe the socio-economic conditions of seaweed farmers in Jeneponto Regency. Research data were collected through direct interviews with seaweed farmers. Socio-economic data were collected from the Bangkala, Tamalatea, and Binamu districts. Interviews were conducted using structured questionnaires, and in-depth interviews were carried out to obtain detailed information from seaweed farmers. The results showed that seaweed farmers generally had a low level of education. Most of them graduated from elementary school were young category (33-44 years old), had a large family (≥ 4 people) and a low level of spending (≥ Rp 693,000/month), had not received seaweed cultivation training, had a narrow cultivation land for seaweed (≤ 2500 m²), had profit and production which was in the medium category (501 kg - 1500 kg), and often cooperated with other farmers in seaweed cultivation activities.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Husain Syam
AU  - Jamaluddin P
AU  - Amirah Mustarin
AU  - Andi Alamsyah Rivai
PY  - 2019/04
DA  - 2019/04
TI  - Social Economic Conditions of Seaweed Farmers in Jeneponto Regency
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Advanced Multidisciplinary Research (ICAMR 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 590
EP  - 595
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icamr-18.2019.140
DO  - 10.2991/icamr-18.2019.140
ID  - Syam2019/04
ER  -