Economic Performance of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Malang Regency, Indonesia

Rice has been widely known as a basic commodity for Indonesian people as a source of energy and carbohydrate. Indonesian institution for agricultural research and development is Indonesian government institution whose program is to increase rice production and keep up food security, especially with the use technological innovation. One of the environment friendly technology innovations is through System of Rice Intensification (SRI). The objectives of this study are analyze the net profit and the level of the farmers' practice in SRI project, analyze the correlation between the level of practice and the net profit in SRI project, and analyze the problems and obstacles of SRI project in the practice. Descriptive statistics such as; mean, frequency, and percentage to know the net profit and the level of the farmers' practice in SRI project. Quantitative analysis is correlation analysis by Rank Spearman Correlation Coefficient to analyze the correlation between the level of practice and the net profit in SRI project. The result of the study revealed that the net profit of rice farming obtained by SRI farmers is IDR 16,045,593 per hectare. While that Q-SRI farmers is IDR 9,321,610 per hectare. So that, the net profit of SRI farmers higher than Q-SRI farmers around 40 percent per hectare. The high level of practice such as; seeds selection with salt water, make the seedbed before cultivating, transplant seedlings at young age - 7 to 12 days old, transplanting one-two seeds per hole, transplanting wide spacing, and practicing the intermittent irrigation. The result of the correlation between the level of practice and the net profit in SRI project is relatively high. This implies that the higher the level of practice of the SRI projects principles, the higher of the positive correlation with the net profit.