HUBUNGAN BIAYA PRODUKSI DENGAN PENDAPATAN USAHA TERNAK AYAM KAMPUNG (STUDI KASUS DI DESA PUNGKOL KECAMATA TATAPAAN, KABUPATEN MINAHASA SELATAN)

ABSTRACT RELATIONSHIP OF PRODUCTION COST AND INCOME OF LOCAL LAYING HEN (CASE STUDY AT PUNGKOL VILLAGE, TATAPAAN DISTRICT, SOUTH MINAHAS REGENCY). Pungkol was a village at Tatapaan district, South Minahasa regency. Majority of household society at this village used local laying hen to support their income and to fulfil their meat and egg basic need. The problems were that production cost had not been evaluated in local laying hen maintenance. The objective of this study was to evaluate production cost and income as well as to analyze relationship of production cost and income from local laying hen at Pungkol village. Research was conducted using survey method. Household samples were taken by purposive sampling method using criteria of household farmers having at least ten local laying hens per farmer. Total samples of household farmers in this study were 29 farmers. Results showed that the average production cost were Rp. 2,930,689 per year with average sales of egg and meat of Rp. 3.146.724. These figures of production cost and product sales yield farmer income of Rp. 1,430,241 per year. The analysis of correlation coefficient (r) of production cost and income from local laying hen was 0.73 indicating that the higher the production cost, the higher the income from local laying hen. Key words: Production cost, income, Local laying hen, Pungkol village