Technical and economic productivity of seaweed farming labor in South Konawe Regency, Indonesia

This research aimed to estimate seaweed farming labor's technical and economic productivity in the South Konawe Regency. The study was carried out in the South Konawe Regency in 2020. There were 221 samples involved in the study, chosen using the Simple Random Sampling technique. Both primary a...

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Published inAquaculture, Aquarium, Conservation & Legislation Vol. 15; no. 6; pp. 2753 - 2762
Main Authors Rosmawaty, Yusriadin, Limi, Muhammad A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cluj-Napoca Bioflux SRL 01.12.2022
Subjects
Age
Agricultural production
Algae
Data collection
Economics
Farmers
Farming
Higher education
Labor
Labor economics
Labor productivity
Labour
Productivity
Random sampling
Sampling methods
Sampling techniques
Seaweed culture
Seaweeds
Secondary education
Statistical sampling
Working hours
Indonesia
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Summary:This research aimed to estimate seaweed farming labor's technical and economic productivity in the South Konawe Regency. The study was carried out in the South Konawe Regency in 2020. There were 221 samples involved in the study, chosen using the Simple Random Sampling technique. Both primary and secondary data were utilized as the sources of research data. Meanwhile, the data collection was carried out using direct interviews and literature studies. In this case, the research variables studied were production, working hours, working days, and number of labor. The data obtained were further analyzed through the labor productivity analysis consisting of labor technical productivity and labor economy productivity. The findings revealed that the average technical productivity of seaweed farming labor in South Konawe Regency was 151 kg/working day, while its average economic productivity was IDR 30,712/working day.
ISSN:1844-8143
1844-9166