Analysis of the Development of Coffee Farmers on Economic Improvement Post Eruption of Mount Sinabung in Payung Sub-District, Karo Regency
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International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) |Volume IV, Issue X, October 2020|ISSN 2454-6186 Analysis of the Development of Coffee Farmers on Economic Improvement Post Eruption of Mount Sinabung in Payung Sub-District, Karo Regency Bintang Hartini Nataria1, Sirojuzilam2, Agus Purwoko3 1,2,3Department of Regional and Rural Development Planning, University of Sumatera Utara, North Sumatra, Indonesia Abstract: This study aims to analyze the effect of coffee farmer 9 Merdeka 189.00 198.09 1,145.00 360 development on improving the economy in the Payung Sub- district. The results of data analysis indicate that the 10 Merek 1,199.00 822.71 1,127.00 2,100 development of coffee farmers has a significant and positive 11 Munthe 299.00 247.17 1,155.00 570 effect on improving the economy in Payung District. The 12 Namanteran 441.00 176.40 1,050.00 525 research findings show that the results of hypothesis testing through the t-test say that the development of coffee farmers has 13 Payung 400.00 417.40 1,216.91 765 a significant and positive effect on improving the economy in Simpang 14 1,037.00 814.24 1,120.00 1,724 Payung District. Therefore, it was decided that Ha was accepted. Empat 15 Tiga Binanga 12.00 1.14 1,140.00 450 Keywords: Pengembangan petani kopi, peningkatan perekonomian 16 Tiga Panah 651.00 460.00 871.21 850 I. INTRODUCTION 17 Tiganderket 137.00 75.00 646.55 250 Total 6,236.00 4,826.84 1,084.20 11.448 utopo Purwo Nugroho, Head of the Data Information and SPublic Relations Center for the National Disaster Source: BPS Karo Regency, 2014 Management Agency (BNPB), stated that the losses due to the From the data above, it is known that Karo Regency has 6,236 eruption of Mount Sinabung from 15 September 2013 to the hectares of coffee land spread across 17 districts. The most end of 2014 were estimated at IDR 1.49 trillion. These losses extensive plantations are in Brand District with 1,195.00 include losses from agriculture, plantations, livestock, trade, hectares, Simpang Empat with 1,037.00 hectares, Tiga Panah tourism, fisheries, SMEs, and industry. Furthermore, he also 651.00 hectares, and Barus Jahe with 465.00 hectares. Where explained that the total losses and damage in the agricultural the 4 sub-districts have produced coffee an average of 1000 and plantation sectors reached IDR 817 billion. This shows kilograms/hectare/year. This shows that coffee is already a the deterioration of the harvest conditions of farmers and the source of livelihood for farmers in Karo District. loss of various plants as a source of income for farmers. Agricultural land and 46,935-hectare plantations have been Table 2: Coffee Production 2015-2017 in Karo Regency severely damaged. Chili plants have suffered the greatest Coffee Production No Year Coffee Farmer damage, reaching 1,701 hectares and orange fruits of 1,177 (Ton) hectares, the most planted by farmers around Mount 1 2014 4,826.84 11.448 Sinabung. 2 2015 4, 808.05 11.076 Table 1:Coffee Plantation in Karo Regency 3 2016 5,270.00 11.076 Production Area Production No Sub-district Average Farmer 4 2017 8,877.02 11.165 (Ha) (Ton) (Kg/Ha/Yr) Source: BPS Karo Regency, 2017 1 Barus Jahe 465.00 525.00 1,187.78 1.215 2 Berastagi 129.00 87.40 1,150.00 275 It is defined in Table 2 that coffee production in Karo Regency in 2014 was 4,826.84 tons, while coffee production 3 Dolat Raya 218.00 176.70 950.00 424 in 2015 decreased by 18.79 tons, which is 4,808.05 tons. This 4 Juhar 401.00 195.49 1,051,02 620 is indicated by the number of coffee farmers, who were 5 Kaban Jahe 120.00 103.80 1,038.00 400 11,448.00 families to 11,076.00 in 2014. 6 Kuta Buluh 312.00 358.80 1,150.00 423 Payung sub-district is known for producing seasonal crops 7 Lau Balang 104.00 55.80 1,116.00 225 (horticulture) and annual crops such as cocoa, tobacco, candlenut, cloves, and coffee. In general, people in Karo 8 Mardingding 122.00 111.70 1,117.00 272 Regency live from vegetable farming. The coffee plant is only www.rsisinternational.org Page 50 International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) |Volume IV, Issue X, October 2020|ISSN 2454-6186 a complement to those planted in the periphery of their actively participate in all coffee farmer development program agricultural land activities and have mature coffee plants. After the eruption of Mount Sinabung, farmers in Payung III. LITERATURE REVIEW Sub-district tried to get up by planting coffee because this Syamsul (2005) notes that in a particular context, regional plant has resistance to volcanic ash. Junaidi and Yamin (2010) development is implied by development. Regional planning is state that the potential for developing coffee in the regions is intended to support a region experience unbalanced growth. very much needed to support the improvement of farmers' welfare. In line with this opinion, then with the help of an In general, regional development is characterized as an effort international coffee beverage company, create a social to formulate and apply a theoretical framework to economic program that guides nursery strategies, training and teaching, policies and development programs that consider regional planting and care, and production processes. aspects by integrating social and environmental aspects towards achieving optimal and sustainable welfare (Nugroho Coffee growth in the Payung sub-district has been increasing and Dahuri, 2004). from year to year, which is characterized by area development and varieties of production and coffee. The varieties currently Regional planning is not the same in different countries, being produced include Gayo, Komasti, andungsari, and depending on economic life and the problems at hand. Sigararutang. But this production is still not capable of Historically at least three regional planning methods were meeting all market demands. That's because of the high developed (Jayadinata 1999), namely: demand for coffee but not balanced by coffee production. 1. Regional planning which focuses on social urban Efforts to advance the people's economy through the issues. development of coffee farmers in the Payung sub-district are a 2. Regional planning which focuses its attention on regional development strategy where changes in the economic areas where the population is highly unemployed and structure and social institutions that occurred due to the in a state of industrial (special areas) stagnation. eruption of Mount Sinabung. 3. Regional planning which takes into account rural areas, with agricultural and recreational sector land II. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY development (rural and territorial planning). The location of the research was carried out in the Payung Based on data from the International Coffee Organization District, which is part of the coffee farmer development (ICO) in 2012, Indonesia is the third-largest coffee producer program area. The location selection was due to human in the world after Brazil and Vietnam with coffee export resources (coffee farmers) that could be developed to become volume reaching 10,620,000 bags, 748 thousand tons, or 6.6% a source of livelihood for the community in coffee farming, of world coffee production. Of this amount, Robusta coffee where this sub-district has a large coffee area of 400 hectares production reached more than 601 thousand tons (80.4%) and with an average coffee production of 1,216.9 tons per year. Arabica coffee production reached more than 147 thousand (BPS Payung, 2014). This type of research is field research, tons (19.6%). Saragih (2011) notes that coffee becomes an which is conducted by extracting data from the location or important commodity in the regional economy and directly field of research using a quantitative descriptive approach. affects farmers' welfare. This is because almost all of the Syaodih (2006) states that research uses descriptive coffee region (96 percent) is managed nationally by the quantitative because the description uses size, number, or people. Coffee plantation commodities in 2010 contributed frequency. 23.21% (12,847 tonnes) to North Sumatra coffee (North Sumatra Plantation Statistics Data, 2012) The population of this research is coffee farmers who own coffee farming in the Payung sub-district. Based on data from Rostow (2009) notes that economic growth can be viewed as a BPS Karo Regency 2014, it is known that there are around mechanism that induces changes in the lives of people, 765 people known as coffee farmers in Payung District. In namely changes in policies, social structures, social values, 2018 there was an increase of around 30% so that in 2018 and the nature of their economic activities. In the meantime, there were around 995 people known as coffee farmers. The Kuznets (2017) notes that economic growth is characterized increase in the number of coffee farmers is due to horticultural as a long-term increase in a country's ability to provide its farmers turning to coffee farmers after the eruption of Mount population with more types of economic goods to its Sinabung. population where this capacity grows by technological advances, and the institutional and ideological adjustments it To develop coffee farmers in Payung sub-district, 95 coffee requires. farmers are participating in coffee farmer development programs organized by private and government providers. Adisasmita (2013) states that there are several indicators that This program helps coffee farmers in developing coffee can be used as benchmarks to see the economic growth of a farming. However, only 31 (33%) of coffee farmers were region, including income imbalance, changes in economic taken as samples purposively on the condition that the farmers structure, growth in employment opportunities, level, and sampled (respondents) are members of farmer groups and distribution of convenience.