PERANAN PERKEBUNAN KELAPA SAWIT RAKYAT TERHADAP PENYERAPAN TENAGA KERJA DI KABUPATEN BENGKALIS

Abstract

This study aimed to see differences in employment working in oil palm plantations on mineral land and people of peatland in Bengkalis, and see how big the role of palm oil plantations in the people themselves create employment and see the difference in the level of labor productivity work between mineral soil and peat is. The data used in The studies are primary and secondary data, primary data obtained directly from a sample of respondents, while secondary data digunaka sebaga supporting data taken from BPS Bengkalis and related agencies such as the Department of Marine and Oil Kaupaten Bengkalis. The analysis used is descriptive analysis of the menganilisi data and facts obtained from the description and condition of the people in the oil palm plantations Bengkalis then tabulated in a table and then linked with the theories related to the issues discussed to draw conclusions. Based on the results of research by the author shows that the absorption of labor to work on peatland greater than in the mineral soil, it is seen in the process of clearing and planting on peatland need workers 12 and 6 respectively, while the mineral soil respectively 8 and 4 people per hectare. Total labor force that is able to absorb up to 2010 on mineral land that is 1,764,256 people and 485,738 labor on peatlands and the level of labor productivity in the field of minerals higher than in peatlands, reaching 600 kg / ha for the workforce, while the peat was only 450 kg/ha.