Dampak Kenaikan Harga Pupuk terhadap Produktifitas Kelapa Sawit Kabupaten Pelalawan

Putra Fadli Harahap (Universitas Riau)
Syaiful Hadi (Universitas Riau)
Rosnita Rosnita (Universitas Riau)

JIA (Jurnal Ilmiah Agribisnis) : Jurnal Agribisnis dan Ilmu Sosial Ekonomi Pertanian
Vol. 8 No. 5 (2023)

This research was conducted at independent oil palm farming in Pelalawan Regency, which was motivated by complaints from oil palm farmers about increasing the price of fertilizer. Therefore, this study aims to analyze fertilizer use before and after increasing the price and the survey method and the researcher interviewed eighty respondents based on questionnaires. The multistage sampling sampling takes four sub-districts with the largest area of oil palm plantation in Pelalawan Regency. The analyzing data with paired sample t-tests aims to compare fertilizer and herbicide usage before and after a price increase. The research showed fertilizer use before the price increase was 1.417,46 Kg/Ha/Year, whereas after the rise was 1.105,39 Kg/Ha/Year. Whereas the productivity of oil palm before the price increase was 20.029.15 Kg/Ha/Year, and after the price increase was 17.769.38 Kg/Ha/Year.