HUBUNGAN KUALITAS KARET RAKYAT DENGAN TAMBAHAN PENDAPATAN PETANI DI DESA PROGRAM DAN NON-PROGRAM

Abstract

This study compared the quality of rubber between the villages of rural development programs and nonrubber
development program. This study that of describe the socio-economic characteristics of the farm and
rubber farmers, identify farmers efforts to improve the quality of rubber produced, as well as analyze the
increase of rubber farm income gains due to the efforts to improve the quality of rubber in particular the use
of formic acid as a latex coagulant. The method used in this study is a quantitative analysis method, the
method of calculation income of farmers and rubber farmers profits calculation. Research location are the
program village (Lesung Bhakti) and non-program village (Pagar Jaya). Respondents used in this study
about 85 people, divided by 45 villages program and 40 non-program villages. From the analysis results
were found that the program village has a higher added income than that of non-program villages. As result
shows that farmers that do increase of rubber quality earn extra income than the farmers that do not
increase activities rubber quality.