Boyolali district is also a production center of chili with 2.402 Ha harvested area and production of
58.330 Ku. Chili is one of the leading seasonal vegetables which have several advantages such as
tolerance to climate change, resistant to pests and diseases, high productivity and long harvest time (> 1
year) and can be retained for up to 1 week. Farm expenditure was allocated to the cost of labor for
digging the soil was equal to 19.60%. Allocation of labor costs outside of the family was for weeding at
9.09%. Farmers began to cultivate chili by using an organic and organic fertilizer. The use of urea
fertilizer was 11.92% of the total cost of farm chili. ZA fertilizer use was also relatively large, 10.75% of
the total cost of farming.