Analisis Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Pendapatan Usahatani Minyak Serai Wangi di Desa Sekuelen, Kecamatan Blangjerango, Kabupaten Gayo Lues

Abstract

Citronella is one of the essential oil-producing plants that is widely used as a raw material in numerous downstream industries, such as cosmetics, fragrances and pharmaceuticals and is also a commodity in the agribusiness sector that has a worthy market and is highly competitive in foreign markets. The purpose of this study was to analyze how the effect of the amount of production, labour costs, the price of firewood, the price of citronella leaves, and the selling price of citronella oil on the income of citronella oil farming. The sample was determined using the slovin formula with a total of 62 respondents. The method used in this research is using multiple linear regression analysis and the data is processed using Eviews software. The results of the analysis show that the variable production volume, labour costs, firewood prices, citronella leaf prices, and citronella oil selling prices have an effect of 97.6% (R2 = 0.976) on citronella oil farming income. While simultaneously the variable amount of production, labour costs, price of firewood, price of citronella leaves, and selling price of citronella oil affect the income of citronella oil farming. Partially the variable amount of production, labour costs, price of firewood, price of citronella leaves, and selling price of citronella oil have a significant effect on the income of citronella oil farming in Sekuelen Village, Blangjerango District, Gayo Lues Regency.