Income of Seaweed Farming Households: A Case Study From Lemo of Indonesia

International Conference on Industrial Technology for Sustainable Development 2017

工业技术;经济学

Aslan, La Ode Muhammad^1 ; Supendy, Rustam^2 ; Taridala, Siti Aida Adha^3 ; Hafid, Harafin^4 ; Sifatu, Wa Ode^5 ; Sailan, Zalili^6 ; Niampe, La^7

Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Halu Oleo University, Kendari

93232, Indonesia^1

Badan Penelitian Dan Pengembangan (Balitbang) Provinsi Sulawesi Tenggara, Kendari

93232, Indonesia^2

Department of Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, Halu Oleo University, Kendari

93232, Indonesia^3

Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Animal Science, Halu Oleo University, Kendari

93232, Indonesia^4

Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Cultural Studies, Halu Oleo University, Kendari

93232, Indonesia^5

Department of Language Education and Indonesian Literature, Faculty of Teaching and Education, Halu Oleo University, Kendari

93232, Indonesia^6

Department of Oral Tradition, Faculty of Cultural Science, Halu Oleo University, Kendari

93232, Indonesia^7

关键词: Coastal communities;    Household income;    Household surveys;    Income;    Information and communication;    Low qualities;    Seaweed farming;    Sulawesi;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/175/1/012221/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/175/1/012221

学科分类：工业工程学

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Seaweed farming is widely considered to be a profitable source of income and lucrative livelihood for coastal communities in Indonesia. This paper aims to analyze the income of seaweed farming households in the village of Lemo, Poleang Tenggara sub district, Bombana district, SE Sulawesi, Indonesia. This paper also assess perception of farmers and their participation in diversified livelihoods. A formal household survey was conducted using a structured questionnaire covering the patterns of income from seaweed farming, fishing, and other occupations of 64 selected respondents. Results show that all respondents engaged in a combination of seaweed farming and fishing and non-fisheries activities. However, seaweed farming has the highest contribution to household income of all activities. In addition, themajority of seaweed farmer households in Lemo village have incomes below the National Poverty Line due to the low quality of human resources; lack of qualified farming technology, especially qualified seedlings plus lack of access to marketing networks, information and communication. Therefore, some recommendations for improving the seaweed farming methods need to be implemented.