KONTRIBUSI PENDAPATAN USAHATANI KARET TERHADAP PENDAPATAN RUMAH TANGGA PETANI DI KECAMATAN MUARA BELITI KABUPATEN MUSI RAWAS

Abstract

Farmer household as other household in general has done many economic activity to earn
income. Household income comes from branch of business, farming and non farming. The
aim of this research was to analyze income contribution of rubber farming toward farming
household at Muara Beliti District of Musi Rawas Regency.Research methode was survey.
From 838 farmer’s family, 41 sampling has choosen with Proportionate Stratified Random
Samplingbased on land area. The result of this research shows that income contribution from
rubber farming toward household income of rubber farmer at Muara BelitiDistrict Musi
Rawas Regency as much as 55,38 percent, means high category. Meanwhile income
contribution from non rubber farming as much as 4,44 percent(very low) and contribution
from non farming as much as 40,18 percentalso in low category.
Key Words: Contribution, Household, Rubber Farmer