Hubungan karakteristik dengan kompetensi pembudidaya rumput laut (Eucheuma spp) Di Tiga Kabupaten Di Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan

Abstract

Pembudidaya rumput laut pada penelitian ini adalah mereka yang menumbuhkan, memelihara tanaman rumput laut (Eucheupa spp) di wilayah perairan pesisir guna diambil manfaatnya untuk peningkatan pendapatan. Penelitian ini bertujuan: (1) menentukan sebaran pembudidaya rumput laut di Sulawesi Selatan, pada sejumlah karakteristik yang diamati, (2) mengidentifikasi kompetensi pembudidaya rumput laut tersebut, (3) menentukan derajat hubungan antara karakteristik dengan kompetensi pembudidaya rumput laut, dan (4) menemukan strategi yang tepat dalam membangun kompetensi pembudidaya rumput laut. Pengumpulan data dilakukan pada bulan Juli sampai dengan Oktober 2006 dengan sampel 280 pembudidaya rumput laut. Analisis data menggunakan prosedur Korelasi Konkordansi Kendall W, Uji t dan Path Analisis.

Seaweed farmers in this research are the farmers who produce seaweeds (Eucheuma spp) in rural coastal area, as their mayor income. The objective of this study is to determine the degree of rela tionship between individual characteristics of seaweed farmers and their entrepreneurship or business competence. Data were collected in July to October 2006 from 280 seaweed farmers. Data were analyzed by Kendall Concor dance procedures, t-test and Path Analysis. The important results of the study were as follows: (1) majority of the seaweed farmers are young, low educated, family size is sedentary, low family income, low in media utilization and sedentary in experience, motivation and capital (2) Degree of all individual char acteristic showed high correlation or high agreement for rank ten component of farmers competence, and (3) Path analysis procedures shows the managerial competence have and effect on technical competence. The influence found as effect or contributed by motivation, social capital and training variables while from the other side contribute by formal education, land use and income.