ANALISIS PENDAPATAN USAHATANI RUMPUT LAUT DI DESA BAHONSUAI KECAMATAN BUMI RAYA KABUPATEN MOROWALI

The objective of this research is to find out how much the income of seaweed farmers. The data used in this research are quantitative and qualitative data. Technique of data collection used are observation, questionnaires and interviews method. The sample was determined by census method, with taking all active seaweed of the farmers. In this case the number of active respondents is 30 peopleseaweed farmers.Technique of the Data collection used primary and secondary data. The analysis used in this research is income analysis. The results of the income analysis obtained show that the average income earned by seaweed farmers once a planting season was Rp. 11,192,867/ha or Rp.10,175,334/ha. Therefore, business sustainability needs to be developed in terms of improving the quality of production so that the selling price of products is higher, which in turn can increase people's income.

Keywords: Income, seaweed, ratio.