The comparison on cost and benefits of farmers growing vegetables by using buffaloes manure and chemical fertilizer

Abstract

The research is study system, process, cost and benefits including its solutions and preventions by growing vegetable’s cauliflower, white cabbage, lettuce, broccoli, celery, and green cabbage in the year grown 2009-2010 by comparing buffaloes manure and chemical fertilizer mixed buffaloes manure. The data collection selected by using purposive random sampling and quota random sampling considered in 3 factors, i.e. numbers of buffalos, its owners, and areas for growing vegetables. The results showed that two group of farmers had similar system and process. The different between both group of farmers was the way of preparing soil, prevention and eliminate pests. However cost Analyzed of 6 type vegetables found that farmers using buffaloes manure have total cost and cash cost lower than farmers using chemical fertilizer mixed buffaloes manure. If consider benefit and net profit per total cost, vegetable’s 4 type cauliflower, lettuce, broccoli and green cabbage, farmers using buffaloes manure have benefit and net profit per total cost more than farmers using chemical fertilizer mixed buffaloes manure. As a result farmers growing vegetable’s using buffaloes manure is unique in cost, which is total cost and cash cost lower than the growing vegetable’s using chemical fertilizer mixed buffaloes manure. This result will allow farmers to save their cost based on economy sufficiency. The utilization buffaloes manure is a local derivative.