ANALYSIS OF GINGER PRODUCTION FOR EMPLOYMENT CREATION

Abstract

Ginger is a biopharma plant with the largest number of production in Toba Regency while turmeric is in the second position, and the third is galanga, where the types of ginger planted, are empirical ginger and elephant white ginger. This research was conducted in Toba Regency in February 2019 with consideration of the selection of areas where the ginger is the biopharma plant with the highest number of production and the area is in the second position with the most ginger production in North Sumatera Province. The purpose of this study is to find out that ginger farming is one of the business alternatives that can create jobs and find out the problems faced by farmers in conducting ginger cultivation with the research method used is descriptive method with in-depth interview techniques to agricultural service staff, government agricultural extension workers, and farmers in collecting the required data. 
 The research results show that ginger farming is one of the business facilities that must be developed so that it can provide jobs and improve the economy in Toba Regency with the consideration that there is still new land that has not been used, ginger is a biopharma plant with the largest production amount, ginger which is produced has been exports to another country, and agricultural products are the driving force of the economy in Toba Regency.