Contribution Of Students In Improving The Long-Term Economy Through The Concept Of Integrated Agriculture To Achieve The Goals Of Prosperous Farmers Without Poverty
Authors:   Department of Islamic Economics, Islamic University of Indonesia, Rizka Hana Nabila 
Published: January 2021

Indonesia is an agricultural country where most of its people live from the agricultural sector. However, it seems that the fate of the farmers in the country has not changed much from year to year. This is an indicator of farmer welfare, namely the Farmers Exchange Rate (NTP) index which tends to move flat. Data from the Central Statistics Agency recorded that the NTP in August 2018 was at the level of 102.56, which means that it fell 0.49% from the position at the end of 2017. This shows that the purchasing power (welfare) of farmers this year fell 0.49%. Meanwhile, the average real wage for agricultural laborers in August 2018 was IDR 37,863 / day, up 0.95% from the position at the end of 2017. Low wages for agricultural laborers, the lack of land owned, and the selling price of agricultural products are not profitable for farmers to make indicators of farmer welfare. hasn't been able to move any further. Although the prices of food (agriculture) often increase, such as during the fasting month and Eid, it does not have much impact on farmers. Because the ones who get big profits are speculators and not farmers. The method used is qualitative descriptive analysis with the results, namely, the sector plays a major role in the process of agricultural policy making b) supervises agricultural programs, c) conducts intelligence, mentoring, and efforts to empower farmers. d) Providing agricultural advocacy e) Becoming human resources for agricultural development. In fact, the benefits of integrated agriculture are the integration of agricultural activities with other activities such as livestock and fisheries. Integrated agriculture utilizes agricultural land to produce products other than cultivated crops. This step is one of the efforts to increase productivity and improve community welfare. In addition, integrated agriculture can also have a positive impact on the environment with a good management system. The application of integrated agriculture in management is to optimize the use of all potential resources available. So that there is a direct reciprocal relationship between the biotic and abiotic environments in the agricultural land ecosystem. There is an inaccurate association for each component of activity in integrated agriculture. This linkage forms a structured system, so that there is a cycle that makes the results of this activity optimal. The concept of integrated agriculture is the best solution in improving the welfare of farmers who have been on the verge of poverty. In integrated agriculture, almost all of the waste generated can be utilized. This means that integrated agriculture can reduce agricultural waste generation. This is because one sector can certainly take advantage of waste from other sectors. Therefore, it is preferable in integrated agriculture which involves more than two sectors, such as integrated agricultural systems with fisheries and livestock. The existence of all these sectors will complement the ecosystem and all components of production can be utilized by other components of production. This will allow production and very little waste to be generated.