| dc.description.abstract | The development of the dragon fruit plant
(dragon fruit) in Indonesia can be designed as a source of new
growth in the national economy, because it will add value to
farmers (producers) and industrial users (consumers). In
Indonesia an increase in national fruit production is still very
possible, with the use of seed (varieties) and the application of
technological innovation. Based on the description above, the
problems in the farming of dragon fruits in Jember, Indonesia
is related to the efficiency of use of the means of production
and the cost of production, farming profit, the feasibility of
farming, as well as the efficient use of production factors
from farming and marketing that are running in Jember,
Indonesia.
This study aims to determine the implementation of the
system of farming carried out by the dragon fruit farmers.
The data in this study are primary and secondary data. The
data is taken from dragon fruit farms in Jember during the
2014 planting season.
The method used in this research is the descriptive method,
a method in researching the status of a group of people, an
object, a set of conditions, a system of thoughts or a class of
events in the present time. The goal is to create a systematic,
factual and accurate description based on facts and thethe
relationship between the phenomena investigated.
The results showed that the dragon fruit farming and
cultivaiton in the area of research is very profitable and
feasible to be developed. The estimated efficiency test results
indicated that the use of the production factors of the land
area, the amount of manure, the amount of inorganic
fertilizer, and the amount of liquid fertilizer in the farming of
dragon fruit is not yet efficient, while the use of the seedlings
as a production factor is inefficient. Production factors such
as the frequency of watering and dummy variables (fields and
orchards) are known to affect dragon fruit production
insignificantly. Technical problems are basically related to
funding and the lack of experience of farmers in the
cultivation of patchouli, while the non-technical problems
include a lack of capital and fluctuative commodity
expectations. | en_US |
