| dc.description.abstract | Research, entitled "Socio-Economic Conditions Community Farmers Post-
Transition Type Plants From Coffee to Orange", originated from the author's interest to
farmers who make the switch plant species that exist in the Village Panji Dabutar, Kab.
Dairi. Dairi is one area that has the potential of agriculture were quite spacious and very
large result, so the main livelihood is agriculture. The lives of most people in the Dairi
Regency is located in the plantation sector and before coffee plants serve as economic
support by the majority of society. Dairi is one of the best coffee producer in the province
of North Sumatra, special because it grows in the volcanic highlands. Not surprisingly,
once the coffee commodity to be excellent farmers in this region. But as the economic
development of the coffee plants which have become his trade mark Dairi Sidikalang
precisely in the city began to shift its position by coffee plants from Aceh which Gayo
coffee. This is because the quality of coffee from Sidikalang compete with the quality of
Gayo coffee which currently has a better quality. Causing the farming communities make
the transition to the type of plants, especially citrus and coffee prices decreased so that the
farming community began to feel concern about their coffee farms. For the farming
community make the transition type of plant to plant citrus. The method used in this
research is descriptive research with qualitative approach. Document collection
techniques is done by observation, interview, and literature study. As for the unit of
analysis and informants in this study was a community of farmers in Panji Dabutar plant
species that make the switch from coffee to orange. Interpretation of the document is
done by using the data obtained from the observation, in-depth interviews, and interpreted
based on a literature review support so it can be concluded. The results show that it can
be said there is a change in the socio-economic conditions of the farming community
especially after doing the transition of plants and in the Village Panji Dabutar an increase
in the income of farmers when farmers have decided to switch from coffee plant to plant
citrus. Farming community located in the Village Panji Dabutar Dairi of said most of the
people who are able to meet their social life and the economics of the said society into the
middle and upper. From an economic perspective, the community has also been said to be
capable of income since they have already meet the needs of their everyday lives and they
are also able to send their children to schools outside the city such as lectures and social
aspects can be inferred based on interviews of researchers rising incomes farmers
automatically elevate the social class of the community farmers in Panji Dabutar. | en_US |
