This study aims to determine the business feasibility of utilizing agribusiness waste (rice husks and corncobs) into alternative energy in Tanah Jawa District, Simalungun Regency. This research was conducted for six months from June to December 2016. This study analyzed the market and marketing of rice husk waste and corn cobs into charcoal briquettes and analyzed the feasibility of investment in the construction of charcoal briquette installations in Tanah Jawa District, Simalungun Regency. The samples in this study were entrepreneurs of rice refineries and corn refineries spread in Tanah Jawa District, Simalungun Regency. The sampling method used is the saturated sample method, which is a deliberate sampling process wherein because the population is small, all populations are sampled. Samples from rice refineries were 2 refineries, while samples from corn refineries were 4 refineries. Data analysis methods use income analysis, business feasibility financial analysis, and sensitivity analysis. The results showed that the utilization of rice husk waste and corncobs into alternative energy (charcoal briquettes) in Tanah Jawa District, Simalungun Regency was feasible and profitable to be cultivated.
This study aims to determine how the influence of land area, number of seedlings, the number of labor and fertilizer simultaneously and partially on pineapple production in Panai Tengah sub-district Labuhanbatu Regency. This research was conducted in the Central Panai District Labuhan Batu District in April to June 2017. Determination of the location was done intentionally (purposive) with the consideration that the pineapple farming in Central Panai District is a farm carried out on the condition of the land with peat soil types and the results of their production have been has a characteristic as panai pineapple. This research is a descriptive study with a quantitative approach. The number of samples was 86 samples. The data used are primary and secondary data. Primary data obtained by interview using a questionnaire. While secular data uses data obtained from the agency. In this research, the initial step taken is to form an equation with the Cobb Doughlas function, then the equation is transformed in the form of a natural logarithm to facilitate multiple regression analysis using the SPSS 19.0 program. The results showed that the factors affecting pineapple production were land area, number of seeds, and number of workers.
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan strategi pengembangan Kawasan pedesaan berbasis agribisnis perkebunan kelapa sawit rakyat di desa, membuat rencana untuk pengembangan kawasan. desa teladan baru adalah desa yang memiliki potensi di bidang perkebunan kelapa sawit, hampir seluruh masyarakat memiliki lahan perkebunan kelapa sawit. Namun hasil produksi sebagian besar petani dibawah rata-rata. produksi yang rendah akan berpengaruh terhadap pendapatan petani yang rendah pula, Kondisi ini akan menyebabkan keadaan petani masih sulit untuk berkembang. Oleh karena itu diperlukan strategi alternatif untuk pembangunan pedesaan, salah satunya adalah dengan membuka lahan baru untuk meningkatkan pendapatan petani yang secara otomatis akan mengembangkan kawasan pedesaan. Kata kunci: Agribisnis, pembangunan pedesaan, perkebunan rakyat, prioritas strategi
The purpose of this study was to analyze the general description of the corn supply chain as a raw material for animal feed in the research area using the Food Supply Chain Networks (FSCN) model, to analyze the performance of the supply chain for corn as a raw material for animal feed in the study area using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. The samples in the research were farmers (raw material suppliers), animal feed entrepreneurs, animal feed traders and breeders consisting of 7 farmers (raw material suppliers), 5 animal feed entrepreneurs, 10 animal feed traders and 8 breeders with the research location is in the Simalungun Regency. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that in general, the supply chain for corn as a raw material for animal feed in this study area is farmers (raw material suppliers) - animal feed entrepreneurs - animal feed traders - breeders (consumers). From a business point of view, the supply chain for corn as a raw material for animal feed has carried out two business processes, namely procurement and customer orders. Supply chain performance in the study area is quite consistent with a consistency ratio value of 0.015. The value points that there is good cooperation from partnerships such as raw material suppliers who are currently still able to meet demands from entrepreneurs, then the consistency obtained from this method is also related to a workforce that is skilled enough to help develop businesses and can support the development of product marketing.
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