Change on Production and Income of Red Chili Farmers

Abstract

Climate change in the farming of red chili can cause a significant decrease in production as a result of high pest and drought attacks. The study wanted to find out the impact of climate change on the production and income of red chili which was carried out starting from planting to harvest in Garut Regency, West Java Province. Qualitative analysis is used to analyze the use of production inputs in red chili farming. Farmer income is done by analyzing agricultural income, while the factors that influence red Chilean production are analyzed using logistic regression. This finding concludes that the effects of climate change affect production efficiency and red chili income. This can be seen from the large value of the R/C ratio in red chili farming both in the dry season and in the rainy season is still greater than one. This means that the cultivation of red chili is still feasible to be developed. Besides, increased production of red chili farming has the opportunity to be increased by increasing the use of production inputs such as land area, fertilizer and labor use.