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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
1.91 Spraying
1.24 0.00
0.00 1.24
Peruningan
1.96 0.10
0.00 2.06
Harvesting 52.19
9.14 0.00
61.33 Total
57.30 9.24
0.00 66.54
2
Wet Land
Fertilization 0.00
2.86 0.00
2.86 Control of Pest and
Plant Diseases 0.00
2.58 0.00
2.58
Peruningan
2.52 0.00
0.00 2.52
Harvesting 46.06
15.60 0.00
61.66 Total
48.58 21.04
0.00 69.62
Total 105.88
30.28 0.00
136.16
4.2. Potential Work and Leisure Time Plasma Oil Palm Growers
Utilization of manpower allocations on activities outside farming and farming of the potential workforce by allocating work that has been done still have the free time that actual productive can still be used. Table 3
describes the potential of working families and leisure time that is still utilized in productive activities in two typologies of land.
Seen from Table 3 that each activity is performed in two typologies dominant land doing besides oil palm farming, on dry land is rubber farming, while in wetland activities that can be done is rubber and rice
breeding farm. For non-farming activities in dryland and wetland variety activities from farm laborers, shop business, motorcycle taxi drivers, merchants, officer and so on .
For dry land average weekday potential contained in the 832.72 family of farmers at HOK . Of the three productive activities is derived as much free time farmers 360.60 HOK which means that as many 360,60
person-days many farmers are still not utilizing other activities both productive activities and other activities, especially the children who give the biggest free time . By the presence of the supposed free time on dry land
farmers tend to use to maintain the oil palm plantation . But in reality farmers at this location is not much use of their spare time to maintain the oil palm plantation . This proves that indeed the condition of their oil palm
plantations are not properly maintained, where their palm oil plantations many weeds that grow around the palm trees. More farmers to work in rubber farming activities. Meanwhile in the wetlands there are four
productive activities that they can do apparently free time available for 430.78 HOK proves that there is still a lot to do activities . Similarly, in dry land for oil palm plantation activities in just a bit . More farmers
working in non- farm activities such as being an employee and traders . Should there spare time is filled with activities , where farmers seriously thinking of doing the activity is still plenty of alternatives in the
choice of activities during leisure time is still available, not only alone but in non farm activities, such as social services, arts and culture.
Leisure time is not utilized to the maximum is equal to one year unemployed people, which means there is one person in the family who are unemployed not doing productive activities. Supposed to be good
farmers in dry land and in wetlands can use their spare time with productive activities to increase revenue. From Table 3 in the time spent on activities smallholder palm oil farming less than the other business
activities, in two typologies of the land.
This is supported by research conducted by Zahri 2004, revealed that farmers with basic farming palm allocate manpower to manage the oil palm plantation is very little and can be categorized as the
underemployment rate of plantation workers in this field is the use of labor for harvesting, sale proceeds and
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97 maintenance of oil palm plantations so that family farmers have a lot of spare time and efforts are needed to
increase the use of family labor to productive activities, such as use their spare time to work on a variety of activities outside the core business as oil palm farmers. Thus farmers have the ability to increase their
household income.
Table 3. Working Potential and Leisure Time at Several Activities on Dry Land and Wet Land
No Activity
Allocation of Working Time HOKTh Total
HOKTh Adult Men
Adult Woman
Children 1.
Dry Land
a. Palm Cultivation 17.60
2.90 0.30
21.47 b. Rubber Farm
166,57 134,12
7.37 308.06
c. Non-Farm
92.54 50.72
0.00 143.26
Total 276,71
187.74 7.67
472.79 Work Potential
300.00 226.00
306,72 832,72
Free Time 23.29
38.26 299.05
