THE CONTRIBUTION OF LABOR IN FAMILY AGAINST ACCEPTANCE OF VEGETABLE FARMING IN RAINFED LOWLAND RICE FIELDS IN PONDOK KELAPA SUB-DISTRICT, BENGKULU CENTRAL DISTRICT

Labor, whether within and outside family member, has an important contribution in the structure of farm costs. This study aims to analyse the contribution of family labor to vegetable farming with four different cropping patterns in rainfed lowland land and its effect on farming profits. The research was conducted in Pondok Kelapa District, Bengkulu Tengah Regency from May to October 2019. There are six vegetable cropping patterns in Pondok Kelapa District, namely (1) cucumber - paria - long beans, (2) cucumber - gambas - long beans, ( 3) cucumber - long beans - long beans, (4) long beans - pariah - long beans, (5) long beans - luffa - long beans, and (6) long beans - long beans - kale pulled - pulled kale. Data were collected through a census of 50 vegetable farmers and analyzed descriptively using the structure of farm costs and the R/C ratio. The results showed that the contribution of labor costs from within the family to the six cropping patterns was between 38.84 - 61.36% with an R/C ratio between 1.55 - 1.94. The highest labor contribution was obtained in cropping pattern 6, namely 61.36% with the lowest R/C ratio value of 1.55. However, if the family labor cost is assumed not to be taken into account the farm input costs, then the R/C ratio value in cropping pattern 6 is the highest, which is 4.06.