Household Economic Behavior Of Rice Farmers Rambah Samo In District Of Rokan Hulu Riau Province

The household economic assessment of farmers includes a discussion of farm households from the aspects of production and consumption carried out simultaneously. This study aims to analyze the factors affecting farmers in production, allocation of working time, income and household expenditure. The research used survey method to get description of behavior of farmer household of paddy rice. Sampling method is multi stage random sampling method with the number of samples of 40 households of paddy field farmers. The type of data collected is cross section data of 2016. Analysis of this research data is econometric analysis of simultaneous equations. The results showed that significant rice production was influenced by land area and number of seeds and the use of labor outside the family. The allocation of labor time in farming is influenced by labor costs in farming and outside wages. The allocation of off-farm work time is influenced by the allocation of working time in farming and labor force of farm households. The use of labor outside the farming family is significantly influenced by the area of wetland rice planting and farming investment. The out-of-farm revenue is significantly influenced by the allocation of off-farm work time and farmer education and farm wages. Food, clothing, education, health and recreational expenditures are significantly influenced by household income and savings. The number of significant and positive family members affected the expenditure of food, clothing and health of paddy farmer households. Household farming farming investment is significantly influenced by savings and education of paddy field farmers.