The Cost of Harvesting Process in Teak Community Forest during The Covid-19 Iswara Gautama (a*), A. Mujetahid (a), Nurdin Dalya (a), Andi Vika Faradiba Muin (a)
a) Faculty of Forestry, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia
Abstract
This pandemic also affected the amount of costs incurred from the teak harvesting process. Based on previous research, we tried to compare the costs arising from teak harvesting during the pandemic. On the other hand, Cost analysis of community teak harvesting aims to analyze the costs incurred by the community at each harvesting process, starting at the felling, skidding, to transportation stages, both in self-managed systems and in wholesale systems. Data were collected through observation and interviews which were then analyzed using quantitative descriptive analysis by calculating the costs for each harvesting process. Machine costs are obtained by adding up fixed costs and variable costs incurred, while operating costs are obtained by adding up machine costs with operator and helper wages. The results showed that during the felling process, the machine costs incurred ranged from Rp 6.659,25 to Rp 8.749,54 with an average of Rp 7.682,73 which consisted of fixed costs Rp 970,83 (12.64%) and variable costs Rp 6.711,90 (87.36%). Furthermore, the business costs incurred in the felling process ranged from Rp 14.712,33 to Rp 25.421,81 with an average Rp 18.908,08. In the skidding process, the costs incurred based on the skid tools used include using a dompeng of Rp 21.277,17 per hour, human carrying Rp 10.001,00 per hour, horse Rp 6.777,33 per hour and ARTCO cart Rp 5.460,34 per hour. The biggest cost component is labor wages, which range from Rp. 5.000 to Rp. 10.000 per hour, except by using a (mechanical) dompeng. The transportation process, which is the final process of harvesting, costs from Rp 200.000 to Rp 250.000 per m3.
Keywords: Harvesting cost- Teak forest, Covid-19
Topic: Adapting Agricultural Production to Covid-19
