Strategi Bertahan Hidup Buruh Tani “Pemanen Kelapa Sawit” Dusun Bakti Makmur, Riau

Abstract

Oil palm harvester farm workers in Bakti Makmur Hamlet, Bagan Sinembah District, Rokan hillir district, not all become formal sector workers so that their income fluctuates and has a risk of work accidents when harvesting oil palm fruit. On the other hand, there is the phenomenon of peasant farmers harvesting oil palm Bakti Makmur who are still able to meet basic needs and even provide school education facilities to their children. To overcome these problems it is necessary to know how the survival strategy of oil palm harvester farm laborers Bakti Makmur Hamlet, Riau.The purpose of this study the purpose of this study is to describe the survival strategy of farm laborers of oil palm harvesters. Bakti Makmur hamlet in meeting the living needs of oil palm harvester Farm Workers Bakti Makmur Hamlet. The method used is using qualitative methods with a descriptive approach, in this study there are three (3) key informants, main informants and additional informants. Data collection techniques conducted by researchers with observations, interviews, and documentation. The Data obtained in the field were then analyzed to produce a conclusion by using the theory of survival strategy of Edi Suharto, namely, active strategy, passive strategy, network strategy. The results found by the researchers is the community of bakti makmur Hamlet, riau do starategi survival according to Edi Suharto as a whole is an active strategy to improve the quality of production to increase income such as gardening, bedagang or even selling, looking for other jobs and involving families to work, passive strategy of frugal lifestyle that is clothing, food, Board, Education, health and network strategy is to establish relationships with the social environment such as borrowing from neighbors or stalls and receiving assistance such as zakat or sacrificial offerings of love.