Abstract
Rubber farming has been in demand by the people of Laja Village since 1990's as a livelihood by utilizing shifting fields within the forest. Some people's income from the results of rubber farming is very large, especially during the dry season, where people tap into rubber sap every day. Rubber prices experienced a decline that was felt by rubber farmers and in the rainy season the people could not tap rubber sap, the people were forced to find alternative jobs, such as gold mining and other jobs. This situation certainly raises different perceptions of society. This study aims to determine the public perception of rubber farming and analyze the relationship between knowledge, income and cosmopolitan factors. This study uses descriptive and associative surveys with interview techniques and the questionnaire contains a number of questions posed to respondents, collecting data using random purposive sampling. Data analysis using descriptive analysis of the chi square test and inferential analysis using the non-parametric statistical test of the Kendall Tau correlation. The number of respondents in the study were 72 people. The results of this study indicate that public perceptions tend to be positive, moderate level of knowledge, low income level, high cosmopolitan level. There is a positive and significant relationship between the level of knowledge and perception, and there is no significant and no relationship between income levels and cosmopolitan with community perceptions.Keywords: Local community Perception, Rubber Farmers
Highlights
PENDAHULUAN Tanaman karet (Hevea brasiliensis) termasuk dalam famili Euphorbiaceae, dan dengan nama lain seperti rambung, getah, gota, kejai ataupun hapea
Rubber prices experienced a decline that was felt by rubber farmers and in the rainy season the people could not tap rubber sap, the people were forced to find alternative jobs, such as gold mining and other jobs
This study aims to determine the public perception of rubber farming and analyze the relationship between knowledge, income and cosmopolitan factors
Summary
Data yang dikumpulkan meliputi : (1) data primer yaitu data mengenai persepsi masyarakat lokal terhadap usaha tani karet (Hevea brasiliensis) di Desa Laja, yang akan dihubungkan berdasarkan tingkat pengetahuan, pendapatan dan tingkat kosmopolitan, (2) data sekunder yaitu data penunjang yang berhubungan dengan keadaan lokasi penelitian, diperoleh dari instansi terkait yang menunjang hasil penelitian. Menurut Yulius (2012) masyarakat diuraikan pada Tabel 7 dan hasil uji cenderung memiliki persepsi positif statistik deskriptif dapat terhadap usaha tani karet, hal ini diinterprestasikan bahwa 72 responden menunjukan bahwa masyarakat penelitian sebagian 37 responden tersebut telah merasakan dampak positif (51,39%) cendrung persepsi positif dari usaha tani karet, yang paling utama terhadap usaha tani karet di Desa Laja. Responden yang tingkat pengetahuan sedang memiliki persepsi yang tinggi terhadap usaha tani karet ini menyatakan pengetahuan seseorang berpengaruh terhadap pandangan seseorang jika pengetahuan mereka rendah maupun sedang bukan berarti pemahaman mereka kurang akan tetapi masyarakat menilai berdasarkan apa yang mereka lihat, berdasarkan pengetahuan dan berdasarkan pengalaman yang mereka miliki. Tingkat pendapatan masyarakat terhadap usaha tani karet di Desa Laja yaitu 45,83% cendrung rendah dan persepsi cendrung negatif hal ini karenakan harga karet yang murah mengakibatkan pendapatan petani karet menjadi rendah, tetapi petani karet tetap melakukan usaha tani karet untuk memenuhi kebutuhan hidup sehari-hari. Hasil Uji Korelasi Kendall Tau Hubungan Karakteristik Variabel Terikat dan Variabel Bebas
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