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This study was aimed to determine the feasibility of a corn farming management system for consumption and seed production as well as the competitiveness of labor allocation in the management of corn farming. The research was conducted in Bolaang Mongondow and Southeast Minahasa, North Sulawesi Province in 2017, using survey and focus group discussion (FGD) method. Data analysis was carried out using the approach of acceptance value, profit, financial feasibility, and real labor reward. The results showed that the maize farming system for consumption included traditional (10%), semi-intensive (80%), and intensive (10%) farming systems. The three management systems of consumption maize farming in Southeast Minahasa and Bolaang Mongondow districts showed that this business was relatively profitable yet suboptimum. All of three business management systems of corn breeding system in Southeast Minahasa District; independent seed breeding business, seed breeding business with production facilities assistance and land processing costs until ready for planting, and independent seed nursery efforts and receiving seed price subsidies; shows that the corn seed breeding business was feasible and provides optimum benefits. The real reward allocation for labor in 3 management systems for consumption corn farming only for intensive farming in Southeast Minahasa was greater than the real wage value of IDR 75,000/working day people (HOK). Meanwhile, in the seed breeding business, the real rewardfor labor was greater than the real wage value, which indicated that the labor allocated for the seed breeding business was more competitive than the labor allocation for consumption corn farming. In seed breeding, the allocation of labor can be competitive with the value of wages in the industrial and service sectors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
