Analysis of Plasma Farmer Labor Allocation on Dry Land and Wet Land 3.39

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4.1. Analysis of Plasma Farmer Labor Allocation on Dry Land and Wet Land

Based on the results of a study of a sample of farmers in dry land for oil palm farming staple show any differences with farmers example palm oil activities in wet lands. The average area of land owned by farmers each site is 2 acres. The activities carried out are fertilizing, pest and disease control and peruningan. This activity is carried out to provide the best results for the production of oil palm FFB, where the age of oil palm plantations in two typologies of land still in the productive age of plant, plant age is between 7-15 years. In oil palm farming activities involve the entire workforce in the family which includes the labor of men, women and children. While the only non-family male and female labor. The average allocation of labor in the family at the location of dryland and wetlands can be seen in Table 1. Table 1. Average Allocation of Labor in the Family Farmers Plasma In Oil Palm Farming Activities on Dry Land and Wet land No Activity In Family Total HOKTh Adult Men Adult Woman Children 1. Dry Land a. Fertilization 6.80 2.52 0.16 9.48 a. Control of Pest and Plant Diseases 5.58 1.08 0.05 6.71 c. Peruningan 5.09 0.10 0.09 5.28 Total 17.47 3.70 0.30 21.47 2. Wet Land a. Fertilization 7.51 4.87 1.12 13.50 b. Control of Pest and Plant Diseases 4.60 1.96 1.17 7.73 c. Peruningan 7.35 0.00 0.80 8.15 Total 19.46 6.83 3.09 29.38 Total 37.06

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50.18 In Table 1 the total person-days per year in wetlands greater than dry soil, respectively 21.47 person- days per year for dry land and 29.38 person-days per year for wetlands. For fertilization activity is an activity that most people do in the wetlands, this is due to the condition of wetlands fertilization activity is often done because of waterlogged conditions resulted in the leaching of fertilizer. While dry land conditions were less frequent. More men labor poured it in all the activities of oil palm farming for dry lands HOK only 17.47 per year while at HOK wetlands 19.46 per year. Land typology condition that causes the difference in terms of treatment of oil palm plantations. Based on Table 2 it can be seen that the farmers in the allocation of labor outside the family farmers for harvesting both on dry land and in wetlands all the harvesting is done by the labor of men and women outside the family wage. The average use of labor outside the family was 52.19 person-days per year on dry land and 46.06 person-days per year in wetlands for men and 9.14 women per year HOK and HOK 15.60 per year. The reason why the use of non-family labor in harvesting due to be completed more quickly and TBS will not be damaged before transfer to the processing factory. Harvesting is done once every two weeks that all workers harvesting much use outside labor wage. So still a lot of productive time that could be used for other farming activities and outside farming. Proceeding of 2013 International Seminar on Climate Change and Food Security ISCCFS 2013 Palembang, South Sumatra -Indonesia, 24-25 October,2013 96 Table 2. Average Allocation of Labor Affairs Family Farmers Plasma In Palm Farming Activities on Dry Land and Wet land No Activity Out Family Total HOKTh Adult Men Adult Woman Children 1 Dry Land Fertilization 1.91 0.00 0.00