Analisis Usahatani Melon Apollo Berdasarkan Standar Operasional Prosedur (SOP) dan Non SOP di Kota Cilegon

Abstract

Standard operating procedures (SOP) of cultivation melon apollo varieties constituting a form of rules in the activities of cultivation that the goal is to increase the productivity, based on uniformity fruit characteristics, and increase the income of farmers and the regions particularly in Cilegon. The objective of the study is to compare SOP application, to analyze input that affects the cost structure of farming which apply SOP and non SOP, and to analyze the income of melon farmer. The result showed productivity, income of both SOP and non SOP were siginificantly different at α 10 percent, but the value of R/C ratio between the SOP and non SOP having value not different. So that SOP of benefits against the productivity and income of farmers, so the SOP of the farming business to continue.