Research Article
Oil Palm Farming from a Women's Perspective
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.29-10-2024.2356354, author={Dyah Retna Puspita and Anna Fatchiya and Hana Indriana and Meyzi Heriyanto and Adi Firmansyah and Masrul Ikhsan}, title={Oil Palm Farming from a Women's Perspective}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Rural Socio-Economic Transformation, RUSET 2024, 29-30 October 2024, Bogor, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={RUSET}, year={2025}, month={9}, keywords={female oil palm farmers division of labor tapung district}, doi={10.4108/eai.29-10-2024.2356354} }- Dyah Retna Puspita
Anna Fatchiya
Hana Indriana
Meyzi Heriyanto
Adi Firmansyah
Masrul Ikhsan
Year: 2025
Oil Palm Farming from a Women's Perspective
RUSET
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.29-10-2024.2356354
Abstract
This study aims to examine women's perspectives on: (1) division of labor in oil palm farming, (2) parties involved in oil palm community plantations, and (3) problems faced by oil palm farmers. The study was conducted in Sari Galuh Village, Kampar Regency using a qualitative approach through focused discussions with 9 women, which were then analyzed using an interactive model. The results of the study showed: (1) there is a division of labor in the stages of oil palm management, where the work done by women is at the maintenance stage such as fertilizing, spraying pests and planting and cleaning nuts, (2) oil palm companies around their village/district areas are the parties most involved in managing oil palm farming and (3) problems faced by farmers in addition to the low price of oil palm and the high and scarce price of fertilizer, also during replanting which causes them to lose part of their income for several years where this increases the burden of life and children's college costs. It is concluded that women are involved and affected in the management of independent oil palm farming.
