Abstract:
The research was conducted in Regency Kuantan Singingi. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of a rubber plantation on the economy Regency Kuantan Singingi. The data used in this study is a secondary data, data collected from agencies such as the Office of Plantations Singingi Regency Kuantan, Kuantan District Statistics Singingi, and the Central Bureau of Statistics Riau Province. The analysis used in this study is a descriptive analysis of the data that is analyzed by describing a number of events and objects of research then tabulated into tables and linked to existing theories and presented.
Based on the results of research by the author can be seen that rubber plantations contribute to the economy Singingi Kuantan district, seen from the rubber plantation area acts directly against the amount of labor the higher the land, the more the number of workers needed, while the number of production rubber plantations in Kuantan District Singingi relative increase. Until the year 2010 the total rubber plantation area in Kuantan District is an area of 152,391.54 ha Singingi with tanaga amount of work as much as 66,713 people, up from the year 2009 with a land area of 151,909.44 ha by the number of manpower of 66,252 persons, while the rubber commodities provide contribution each year to the subsector, to contribute to the rubber commodities in Regency Kuantan Singingi a positive contribution every year, while the relative contribution of rubber commodity exports declined this is caused by the value of GDP is increasing every year.
