Analisis Faktor - factor yang Mempengaruhi Pendapatan Petani Kulit Manis di Kabupaten Padang Lawas

Abstract

Indonesia is a country of Agriculture, meens that agriculture plays an important role in the overall national economy. It can be shown from the number of the population or worliforce who live or work in the Agriculture sector. Padang Lawas regency is the district in North Sumatra province. Indonesia, the expansion of the South Tapanuli. One of the most dominant farming done by people in Padang Lawas regency is cinnamon. Until now cinnamon bark is a commodity producer Export Exchange is reliable. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting farmers' income in Padang Lawas regency. Primary data is the data source, the number of respondents was 100 people. Sampling technique with proportional random sampling. The study was conducted from May to August 2012. Engineering Analysis of the data by multiple linear regression with the help sofwere e views 6.1. The results showed that land area, age of the plant, the woriforce and experience a positive and signijicant impact on farmers' incomes and cinnamon in Padang Lawas regency.