Jurnal Agrinika: Jurnal Agroteknologi dan Agribisnis Volume 07, Issue 01 (2023) E-ISSN: 2721-2807 The Contribution of Women Farming Workers on Household Income (Case Study in Sugihwaras Village, Kalitengah District, Lamongan Regency) Emmy Hamidah 1* , Endang Tri Wahyurini 2 1 Department of Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Islam Darul Ulum Lamongan, East Java, Indonesia 2 Department of Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Islam Madura Pamekasan, East Java, Indonesia *Corresponding author: emmyhamidah@unisda.ac.id Keywords: Contribution; Female; Household; Income. Submited: 25-01-2023 Accepted: 16-03-2023 Published: 29-03-2023 1. Introduction In the era of globalization and reform, all potentials in the regions need to be developed so that the regions can be more advanced than before. With regional autonomy, the need for development will be more focused on very urgent needs (Lisanty et al., 2021). This is because those who know the needs of the region are the local people themselves. By looking for various existing potentials, it is hoped that these potentials can be developed in such a way as to help improve regional development. One of the existing potentials is human resources. With the existence of quality human resources, it will be easier to manage all the potential that exists in the region (Anwarudin et al, 2021). One of the existing human resources is female farm workers. As an agricultural country, Indonesia is still an agricultural country, meaning that agriculture plays an important role in the overall national economy. The pattern of farming in Indonesia is still subsistence farming, meaning that farming is still cultivated in a narrow area, besides that farming is only cultivated for the needs of daily life (Lisanty et al., 2022). In connection with the narrow area of land ABSTRACT The village of Sugihwaras of Lamongan Regency is an agricultural area where most of the farmers are paddy farmers with female farm workers. One aspect to examine in the area is the role of rural women in agriculture as members of the household, the outpouring of workdays they do for their daily activities, and to what extent this affects their family's farming income. The study aimed to determine the number of working hours and the contribution of female farm labourers to household income. The study employed a simple random sampling of 60 respondents with interview techniques using a questionnaire. The method of analysis was descriptive analysis. The results obtained that the working hours of female farm workers for one year per hectare of the land area were 540 hours, devoted to paddy farming twice annually. The contribution of female farm workers to household income was IDR 1,687,500 per month or IDR 48,600,000 per year per hectare, from paddy farming for two growing seasons annually. It is suggested that the amount of working hours and the contribution of female farm workers to household income is very small, so efforts should be made to increase the number of hours they work so that the income they earn can increase. Efforts are being made, namely raising livestock, as well as training in the manufacture of processed by-products of agriculture, for instance by making sweet potato chips and other preparations that can be sold. Copyright. © 2023, J. Agrinika: Jurnal Agroteknologi dan Agribisnis (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)