Abstract :
This study aims to research about analysis factors affecting income
farmers palm oil in aek natas kabupaten labuhantu utara the province of north
sumatra with the production as variable no intervening. The income of farmers
palm oil in aek natas as variable dependent, the land, labor, and the cost of
fertilizer is the variable independent. This research using data primary by the
number of 60 sample.
Methods of analysis used in this study is the analysis of the path (path
analysis). Path analysis was the development of a binary regression analysis
outlines the magnitude of the influence of the variable variable bound against free
indirectly.
The results of this research show that Vast land, labor, and costs
significantly to positive effect of fertilizer production, land area of positive income
effect. Labor effect insignificant negative against oil palm farmers income, cost of
fertilizer effect positively not significantly to revenue against production of palm
oil, the positive effect is not significantly to revenue Palm oil farmers. The results
of path analysis showed that the land area directly positive effect against oil palm
farmers with income production as intervening variable, labor and fertilizer Costs
indirectly positive effect against Palm oil farmers with income production as
intervening variable.