Independence Smallholder Oil Palm Replanting: An Analysis of Income Inequality

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10.2991/978-2-494069-33-6_31How to use a DOI?

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income inequality; oil palm; replanting; smallholder

Abstract

Data showed that both plantation area and productivity of oil palm in Jambi are consistently increase positively every year. Half of those area goes to smallholder who manage his farm on his own resources. Income is the purpose of palm oil smallholder in manging his farm. This research is aimed to study the income distribution of smallholder oil palm farmers in Mulia Bhakti Village, Pelepat District, Bungo Regency. This location is selected purposively due to its smallholders’ successfulness in replanting their oil palm plantations in Bungo Regency. This research object are oil palm farmers who have replanted their oil palm plantation in Mulia Bakti Village. The data used in this study are primary data which is and secondary data. Primary data is collected directly from farmer samples by interviewing and using research questionnaires, while secondary data is obtained from relevant sources such as academic research reports and related agencies and offices. The research showed that oil palm farmers who had replanted their old oil palm plantations in Mulia Bhakti Village obtained a less optimal average income as a result of their replanting plants that were still not producing optimally yet. The non-optimal productivity of oil palm caused the average income of oil palm smallholder in the study area to be distributed unequal. This implicitly shows the need to open other business fields outside the agricultural sector for oil palm farmers in replanting periods.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dompak M. T. Napitupulu
AU  - Mirawati Yanita
AU  - Karina Rahma
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/22
TI  - Independence Smallholder Oil Palm Replanting: An Analysis of Income Inequality
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd Progress in Social Science, Humanities and Education Research Symposium (PSSHERS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 248
EP  - 255
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-33-6_31
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-33-6_31
ID  - Napitupulu2022
ER  -