The Effect of Increase of Coffee Plant Production on Development in Sidikalang Sub-District, Dairi Regency

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the effect of production factors on increasing coffee production in Sidikalang District agriculture. The study was performed in Dairi Regency, which consists of 15 (fifteen) districts, and the Sidikalang District is the focus of this research. This region was selected to be the research location because it is an area in Dairi Regency that has a significant harvest area/land area and largish production of coffee. This study can be grouped into quantitative data according to the data form and analysis. The Cobb-Douglass production function equation is the analytical method used in this analysis. The results showed that the production factors in increasing coffee production were land area, the number of workers, working time, use of fertilizers, the use of pesticides, seed varieties, processing methods, and farmer education simultaneously affecting coffee farmer production in the Sidikalang Sub-District, Dairi Regency. Partially the variables of land area, number of workers, time spent on work, use of fertilizers, use of pesticides, seed varieties, and processing methods show a positive and significant effect on coffee farmer production in Sidikalang District, Dairi Regency, while farmer education has a positive but not significant effect on farmer production