THE ANALYSIS OF ROLE PLAY AND FEMALE LABOR SUPPLY IN RICE FARMING

The number of population in Indonesia keeps increasing by 1.33 percent per year. The population growth in Indonesia affects the increased demand of national food needs, one of which is rice. Much efforts have been done to increase the production and productivity of rice farming, such as by improving the efficiency of involving female labors in performing rice farming. One of the reasons is women tend to be more patient and can have control in decision making. This research aims at: (1) analyzing and describing the role of female labors in rice farming and (2) analyzing the labor supply of rice farming. The data processing method is a descriptive statistical processing method. This research is conducted in Pegayut Village, Ogan Ilir Region and involves 30 female labors as samples. The result of the research shows that female labors have a role play in every stage of rice farming, especially during planting and cultivation stages. In line with this, it can be concluded that the biggest labor supply of female farmers is during the planting and cultivation stages