Dampak Integrasi Tanaman Kopi Arabika dengan Budidaya Lebah Madu terhadap Peningkatan Pendapatan dan Produksi Biji Kopi di Kabupaten Simalungun

Abstract

The narrow area of coffee land from its optimal becomes an obstacle for farmers to produce coffee production which is still low compared to the optimum production of Simalungun Arabica coffee. The integration of coffee plants with bees is an alternative to increase coffee production and income. The purpose of this study is to analyze the components of integration and their impact on the production, inputs, costs and revenues of coffee farming and beekeeping, analyze differences in coffee production and income before and after integration and analyze the support and barriers to integration. The method of analysis is descriptive analysis and paired sample t test using SPSS. The results show that the integrated component of beekeeping is the bee sting as a predator for controlling coffee pests, bee foot hair as pollinator pollinating coffee flowers. The bee integration component is able to increase coffee production from reduced pests and reduce costs from decreasing pesticide inputs, labor so that it has an impact on increasing coffee revenues and income. The integration component of coffee farming is coffee flower nectar and protective plant flowers as feed for bees in producing multiflora honey, calliandra honey and coffee honey. Beekeeping in coffee plantations can reduce external feed input costs and save the cost of renting beekeeping land. Reduced costs and the contribution of honey receipts have an impact on increasing the total income of integrated farmers. Coffee production and income were significantly different before and after integration. Inhibitors of integration are limited capital to buy bee boxes, lack of farmer response, non-continuous availability of bee feed, pest disturbances and theft of bee boxes by humans, while the supporters of integration are the extensive coffee and honey market, the aid of bee boxes from the village government and the high price of honey