The Entrepreneurial Character of The Farmers and The Performance of Staple Food Farming in Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta

Department Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: triwara@umy.ac.id

Abstract

Staple foods are essential for society; therefore, the government regulates the prices to ensure that only farmers with strong entrepreneurial skills engage in their production. The research was conducted in Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY). This study aims to examine farm performance, describe the farmers’ entrepreneurial character, and analyze the relationship between farm performance and the entrepreneurial character of staple food farmers in DIY. Simple random sampling was employed to conduct 120 farmers engaged in staple food farming. Data was collected by interviewing farmers utilizing a questionnaire. The Likert scale was used to conduct a descriptive analysis of the entrepreneurial character. Farming performance was measured using net revenue and profit. Then, the correlation between farming performance and staple food farmers’ entrepreneurial characteristics was analyzed through the Spearman Rank correlation. The findings indicated that the entrepreneurial characteristics of staple food farmers were within the strong category, achieving a score of 3.83 with a percentage of 77.57%. Staple food farming in DIY during the planting season in February 2023 generated a net revenue of IDR 1,837,258.08 and a profit of IDR 1,248,437.08, indicating that farming is feasible. The farming performance of staple food farmers in DIY was positively correlated with their entrepreneurial characteristics.