Ibrahim, Jabal Tarik and Mufriantie, Fithri and Feni, Rita and Kamarudin, Mohd Fauzi (2024) The rational choice of vegetable farmers in the revocation of fertilizer subsidies. In: The 5th International Conference on Bioenergy and Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture Technology (ICoN-BEAT 2024), 31 August 2024, Malang, Indonesia.
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Abstract
This research aims to elucidate farmers’ thoughts about the revocation of fertilizer subsidies, explore the rational actions behind their decision to deal with the fertilizer shortage due to the costly prices and develop actionable plans to support farmers regarding subsidized fertilizer revocation. The results show that farmers understand the policy of fertilizer subsidy revocation as a form of the government’s workload. Since farmers think that the government pays little attention, they hope it will change its fertilizer subsidy policy. Demography-wise, older farmers are still hoping for fertilizer subsidies, while young farmers are more realistic and have shifted to producing organic fertilizer and other alternatives. Notably, farmers respond to the scarcity of subsidised fertilizer through preferencebased actions and existing resources. Based on these two, farmers’ rational choices are classified into five actions: Using non-subsidized fertilizers, using subsidized fertilizers illegally, reducing the use of subsidized fertilizers on other commodities – leaving the rest for vegetables, using organic fertilizers of self-made or store-bought, and choose to not fertilize. The manufacture and use of organic fertilizer from local raw materials have not been implemented.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Technology Management and Technopreneurship |
| Depositing User: | NUR FARISAH JAFRIN |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jul 2026 05:29 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jul 2026 05:29 |
| URI: | http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/29785 |
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