Economic Production Model of Independent Smallholder Oil Palm Cultivation in Batanghari Regency

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Oil Palm; Independent smallholders; Production economic; efficiency economics

Abstract

Oil palm farming in Muara Tembesi District has the lowest productivity among other Districts in Batanghari Regency, namely 3.06 tonnes/ha. The low productivity figure is thought to have occurred due to the influence of production factors used by farmers. Therefore, this study aims to: 1) Know the description of Swadaya Oil Palm farming in Muara Tembesi District, Batanghari Regency 2) Analyze the effect of production factors (land area, number of stems, plant age, fertilizers, herbicides, and labor) on production yields. Independent oil palm in Muara Tembesi District, Batanghari Regency. This research was conducted on 1 August–1 September 2020 in Jebak, Ampelu, and Ampelu Mudo with a total sample of 54 farmers. Sampling was performed purposively (purposive) on farmers, including pure independent farmers. Primary data and secondary data are used in this study. This study used is descriptive analysis for analytical method and analysis of the Cobb Douglas production function. The results showed the average use of oil palm farming for a land area of 2.95 ha/farmer, number of stems 136.22 stems/ha, plant age 11 years, fertilizer 267.4 kg/ha, herbicide 2.13 L/ha. And a workforce of 79.35 HOK/Ha. The use of land production factors, plant age, fertilizer, herbicide, and labor simultaneously significantly affected oil palm production with an Adjusted R-squared value of 0.984026. Meanwhile, for the production factor, the number of stems simultaneously does not significantly affect the yield of oil palm. Partially, the production factor significantly affects the yield of oil palm farming with a sign of 10%. From the research results, it is hoped that assistance from the local government is needed in the form of fertilizer subsidies to provide relief for farmers in managing their farming.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mirawati Yanita
AU  - Ernawati Hamid
AU  - Zulkifli Alamsyah
AU  - Dompak Napitupulu
AU  - Nurachmat Herlambang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/22
TI  - Economic Production Model of Independent Smallholder Oil Palm Cultivation in Batanghari Regency
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd Progress in Social Science, Humanities and Education Research Symposium (PSSHERS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 432
EP  - 440
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-33-6_47
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-33-6_47
ID  - Yanita2022
ER  -