Characteristics of Vegetables and Fruit Firms and their Relationship with Business Risk

Elly Rasimikayati, Tuti Karyani and Bobby Rachmat Saefudin

International Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Research, 2023, vol. 9, issue 4

Abstract: In this global era, there has been a rapid increase in the sale and purchase of vegetables and fruits, but the level of income from these businesses still fluctuates. The purpose of this research is to describe the character of the fruit and vegetable business in Indonesia, and to find out the relationship between this and the business risks. The method used is a survey method on 43 business units. The data analysis technique used is descriptive analysis and to test the relationship of variables used the Chi-Square test with representation using cross tabulation. The results of this study indicate that more respondents sell fruit commodities than vegetables, namely as many as 24 business units. the majority of business lengths are in the range of 10-20 years with 35 business units, the form of the company tends to vary with the most forms of trading business with 10 business units. Many businesses are privately owned, with as many as 25 business units, the Company's Net Worth (Excluding Land and Buildings) is dominated in the range of 50 million-500 million. Asset categories tend to be small, namely under Rp. 250 million, with an income level of < Rp. 50 million/year. Developing and stable conditions dominate the business conditions category, with the majority of business units having no loans. A total of 41 business founders were male, and the last education of the founders was quite high, namely 15 high school graduates and 15 undergraduate graduates. Another result is that there is a significant relationship between income level and business risk, as well as ownership status and loan level to legal and legality risks.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.339016

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