KONTRIBUSI KERJA WANITA DALAM KELUARGA PETANI AREN DI DESA RAMBUNAN DAN SAWANGAN KECAMATAN SONDER

Abstract

ABSTRACT
This study aims to determine the contribution of working women in palm sugar farm in
the village of Rambunan and Sawangan Sonder subdistrict. Implementation lasts longer than 3
(three) months from May 2012 to July 2012 in the Rambunan and Sawangan Village
Subdisttrict of Sonder Minahasa District. The sample collecting by purposive sampling with the
number of respond is 40 women farmer. Data were analyzed descriptively and are presented in
tabular form.
The results of this research showed the contribution of working women in the palm sugar
farming family in the Rambunan and Sawangan village more devoted to work in farming than
outside of farming. This is evident from the percentage of total working time of women in
farming palm sugar in those villages which shows the results greater than jobs outside palm
sugar farm.
Based on an average flow of time and the percentage of women working in farming palm
sugar obtained showed the greatest results, the contribution of the highest female labor in palm
sugar farms in the Rambunan and Sawangan village is the sales activities (print sugar).
Contribution of working woman in palm sugar farming activities in the rambunan and
sawangan is the filtering activities with average of time obtained from the event shows the
smallest results.
Suggested considering women workers in palm sugar farming give contributes large
enough, Processing of farm products more developed (variable) to increase farm family income
and be able to utilize labor from outside the family, so the women farmers with her family will
also be increased. Needs to be continue, especially regarding the effect of contribution of the
working women to farm families income.