COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SHALLOT FARMING INCOME USING BULB SEEDS IN TABALONG REGENCY OF INDONESIA

Shallots are a national superior vegetable that has a fairly important role and needs to be cultivated intensively. After the production of shallot farming business, so far, the calculation of farm business analysis has not been carried out by farmers in Tabalong Regency, so it is not known about the net income of farming, the feasibility of farming and the feasibility of farming technology packages in onion farming using seeds and onion farming using bulbs. The purpose of this study is to analyze the income and feasibility and comparison of the income of onion seed seeds and bulb seeds. The data analysis used is revenue, cost and revenue analysis, and t-test analysis. The results showed that the income of onion farming using bulb seeds was Rp. 125,153,394,-/ha, while based on the feasibility analysis of onion farming with these bulbs, it was feasible to work with an RCR value of 1.76. The income of onion farming using bulb seeds is Rp. 181,720,502,-/ha, while based on the feasibility analysis of onion farming with these bulbs, it is very feasible to work with an RCR value of 2.54. Based on the comparative test analysis using the t-test, it was shown that there was a very significant difference between the income of onion farming using seed seeds, compared to onion farming using bulbs, with a t-count value of 7,598 and sig. by 0.0000.