Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Pendapatan Petani Padi Penerima dan Bukan Penerima Program Pengembangan Usaha Agribisnis Perdesaan (PUAP) di Kabupaten Batu Bara

Abstract

Rural poverty is a complex problem and needed seriousness in handling. Therefore, the government through the Minister of Agriculture making policy by organizing a program of Bantuan Langsung Masyarakat pengembangan Usaha Agribisnis Perdesaan (BLM PUAP). Every effort has been made to minimize this PUAP program so that is considered essential to evaluate the impact of the PUAP program. The purposes of this research were to analyze the impact of factor categories of farmers, land area, education, farming experience, age and number of dependents for rice farmers' income ln Sipare-parc village and to know the difference of rice farmers' receiver and non receiver BLM PUAP income. The data used is primary data obtained from direct interviews with farmers and secondary data from related parties. The method used is multiple linear regression and the average difference test using SPSS softwore. The results showed that factor categories of farmers, land area, education, farming experience, age and number of dependents significantly affected the income of rice farmers receiver and non-receiver BLM PUAP simultaneously but Plrtiqlly only category of farmers and land area signticantly affected. So expect the Government to provide easier access to land using , especially for poor farmers and the selection process for receiving BLM PUAP not consider formal education and long farmtng experience. There are difirences income between rice farmers receiver and non receiver BLM PUAP- The average income of rice farmers receiver BLM PUAP higher than rice farmers non receiver BLM PUAP