Kontribusi Hutan Milik Terhadap Kesejahteraan Petani Di Desa Sukoharjo I Kecamatan Sukoharjo Kabupaten Pringsewu

Abstract

Private forest was forest that land ownership by the people with a minimum area of 0.25 ha. In Lampung province generally cropping patterns were applied to private forests is agroforestry. Agroforestry was one of land use form in multicrown. It was consisting of a
mixture of the trees, shrubs with an annual or plants often accompanied by cattle in one area. Agroforestry system contributed on ecological and economical to generate in farmers income. Especially in this village private forest contribution to the welfare of farmers  were not yet known. This study aimed to: (1) Know how much the contribution of private forests for income of farmers in Sukoharjo I Village Sukoharjo District Pringsewu Regency; (2) Know the poverty level of farmers from agroforestry; and (3) Know the welfare level of farmers from agroforestry. This research was conducted in the Sukoharjo 1 Village, Sukoharjo District Pringsewu Regency.

The samples of this research used simple random sampling. Selected respondents were 41 heads of families. The results showed that: 1) The contribution of private forest againts revenue was 83.27% or Rp 62,591,537.00 / kk / ha / year and non private forest was
12,573,171 (16.73%); 2) The level of poverty of family was rate of 7.32% included in the category of the poorest, 2.44% belong to the category of poor households, 2.44% belong to the category of poor households, and 87.80% of the respondents belong to the category
above the poverty line; and 3) The level of welfare of family was 12,20% of respondents, it included in the category of pre-prosperous: 19.51% included in the category of prosperous phase I, 14.63% included in the category of prosperous phase II, 46.34% included in the
category of prosperous phase III, and 7.32% included in the category of prosperous phase III Plus.

Keywords: agroforestry, the contribution of income, level of poverty, level of welfare