Optimization Model of Sustainable Income of Sheep-Corn Farm Integration in Banten Province, Indonesia

Abstract

Corn crops and sheep farming have a mutualism symbiosis that has not been integrated optimally. The research aims  are: 1) to analyze the socio-economic performance of a sustainable  sheep-corn farm, 2) to analyze the household income of farmers-breeders in Serang Regency, and 3) to optimize household incomes for sustainable sheep-corn integration.  The study method used is the survey method.. The analysis method uses B/C ratio analysis and linear programming (LP). The number of respondents was sampling purposively  as many as 85 farmers. The scope is limited to the integration of farming corn and sheep livestock in Banten province. The results of the study were: 1) Corn crop productivity in Rainy Season (RS) 2020/2021 was 3.63 tons dry shelled/ha and in Dry Season-I (DS-I) 2020 2.65 tons dry shelled/ha with B/C ratio values of 1.7 and 0.4 respectively.  The income from sheep farming in RS is IDR. 1,023,138 with a B/C ratio of 2.1, while in DS-2021 the income from livestock business is IDR. 214,937. 2) Farmer/breeder household income is IDR. 24,167,466.3/year which consists of non-farm income which is IDR. 14,462,558.1/year (59.8%) and on-farm income IDR. 9,704,908.1 /year (40.2%). 3) The optimum value of income for sheep farmers is IDR. 53,214,370 which is obtained from the RS 2020/2021 rice planting area of 1.53 ha and sheep farming business of 35.3 heads.