Impact of oil palm plantation replanting program on community welfare Koto Gasib District, Siak Regency

Abstract

This study dims to determine how the impact of the replanting program for oil palm plantation on the welfare of the community and to find out how the attitudes or behavior of oil palm farmers in Keranji Guguh. Based on the regulation of the minister Agriculture in Indonesian number : 18/permentan/KB. 330/5/2016 concerning guldelines for rejuvenation of oil palm plantations in 2016. This research is descriptive by using qualitative method. Data collection is done by holding observations, interviews and documentation. While the data sources used are primary and secondary data sources. Based on the results of this study, the impact of the oil palm plantation replanting program on the welfare of the Keranji Guguh community in the Koto Gasib sub-district of Siak Regency, the farmers’ income is no longer available and the non-productive period of oil palm. It is on of the reason for the replanting program. As for the replanting program carried out in Keranji Guguh village, they were using the system uprooted in unison. While the efforts made by oil palm farmers in the Keranji Guguh village were to face the replanting period in the form of external and internal efforts. External efforts from Siak district government such as ducks, chickens and catfish. While internal efforts are farmers working as their daily needs