ANALISIS KEMAMPUAN EKONOMI PETANI

THE ANALYSIS OF FARMERS ECONOMIC ABILITY IN REPLANTING RUBBER ESTATE IN SOUTH SUMATRA

Prof.Dr.H.Tirta Jaya Jenahar,SE.MS
Lecture of STIE APRIN Palembang

ABSTRAK

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis kemampuan ekonomis petani tradisional dan maju dalam menanggung biaya peremajaan kebun karetnya, kemampuan pendapatan petani untuk biaya kebutuhan rumah tangganya dan menganalisis faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi pengeluaran rumah tangga petani. Pengumpulan data primer secara bertahap dan acak dilakukan pada bulan Mei sampai Nopember 2009 dengan mewawancara sebanyak 360 petani responder pada 12 desa sebagai perwakilan dari Kabupaten Musi Rawas, Muara Enim dan Musi Banyuasin di Sumatera Selatan. Analisis data menggunakan analisis ekonomi dan analisis regresi. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa rata-rata pendapatan rumah tangga petani tradisional dan maju mayoritas > 95% petani sampel mampu membiayai kebutuhan rumah tangganya. Petani maju mayoritas > 60% mampu membiayai peremajaan kebun karetnya sedangkan petani tradisional mayoritas > 57% tidak mampu membiayai peremajaan aan kebun karetnya. Usaha tani tanaman karet petani tradisional dan maju secara financial layak dilaksanakan. Pengeluaran rumah tangga petani berpengaruh nyata dan positif terhadap pendapatan rumah tangga petani din pengaruh nyata dan negatif terhadap tabungan rumah tangga, tidak berpengaruh nyata terhadap pendidikan formal, jumlah keluarga, konsumsi ,peremajaan karet.

ABSTRAK

The objective of this study is to analyze the economic ability of traditional and modern farmers in supporting the replanting cost of rubber estate, the ability of income farmer to handle cost of living and to find out the affecting factors of the expenditure of farmer household. The data are collected multi stage sampling and randomly. The data collection is on may till November 2009. the instrument is inter¬view for 360 farmers as sample at 12 villages as representative of Musi Rawas, Muara Enim and Musi Banyuasin District in South Sumatra. The results indicate that the average income of traditional and modern farmers majority more than 95% farmer sample able to handle cost of living and the modern farmer is majority more than 60% able to bearing the replanting cost their rubber estate while the tradi¬tional farmer is majority more than 57% not able to bearing the replanting cost of their rubber estate. The rubber farmer firm of traditional and modern farmers are fisible in financial analysis. The affecting factors of expenditure are significant and positive affert to total farmer income, negatif affer to saving of household and non significant to total of member household, formal education and consumption.
Key words: Analysis economic, cost of living, impact.