Evaluation of the Workload on Horticultural Farmers in the Bedugul Agrotourism Area

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Agrotourism; ECPM; ECPT; Horticultural Farmers; RULA; Workload

Abstract

Horticultural farmers’ work activities include preparing land for planting, caring for plants by fertilizing, pulling grass or weeds, spraying pests, and harvesting and processing or handling post-harvest fruit. This is not easy work, especially if the land being worked on is quite large and there are so many plants. Farmers often complain in the afternoon after work, such as back pain, pain in the legs and arms, and feeling heavy all over the body. For this reason, research is needed to find out the problem of the workload of horticultural farmers. This type of research includes ex-post facto research with observation methods on 37 horticultural farmers. Workload is predicted by calculating the pulse rate measured with a pulse meter. General fatigue was predicted by a 30-item fatigue questionnaire with four Likert scales. The Nordic Body Map predicts musculoskeletal disorders. Extra calories due to peripheral temperature (ECPT) and extra calories due to peripheral metabolism (ECPM) were calculated based on the pulse recovery of the farmers. Meanwhile, work posture is measured using the RULA method. Work productivity is measured based on production results divided by the farmer’s workload multiplied by his working time. The observation data was analyzed descriptively and quantitatively. The results of the research show that: (a) the workload of strawberry farmers is in the heavy workload category; (b) there is a significant difference in farmers’ subjective disturbance scores (general fatigue and musculoskeletal disorder) before and after work; and (c) the ECPM value is higher than the ECPT, so that to increase farmer activities, this can be done through straw-berry farmer tasks. (d) The RULA score analysis value obtained a grand score of 7, which means immediate investigation and changes need to be made. Therefore, it is recommended to immediately improve the working posture of horticultural farmers.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - M. Yusuf
AU  - I Made Anom Santiana
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/01
TI  - Evaluation of the Workload on Horticultural Farmers in the Bedugul Agrotourism Area
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Green Tourism Applied Science - Engineering Applied Science 2024 (ICoSTAS-EAS 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 434
EP  - 443
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-587-4_49
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-587-4_49
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