<![CDATA[Tenaga kerja pada usaha hutan rakyat belum diperhitungkan sebagai faktor produksi yang penting sehingga menyebabkan pendapatan dari hutan rakyat kurang optimal. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan untuk mengetahui pendapatan dan alokasi tenaga kerja pada pengelolaan hutan rakyat serta hubungannya dengan karakter petani. Data dikumpulkan selama bulan Mei sampai Juli 2010 di Desa Ciomas, Desa Kalijaya, dan Desa Kertaharja melalui wawancara pada 60 petani yang dipilih secara sengaja. Data yang terkumpul kemudian dianalisa menggunakan analisis deskriptif kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa berdasarkan rata-rata luas pemilikan hutan, usaha hutan rakyat menyumbangkan pendapatan pada petani di Desa Ciomas, Kalijaya, dan Kertaharja Kabupaten Ciamis berturut-turut sebesar Rp 6.641.783,-/th; Rp 8.029.358,-/th, dan Rp 6.302.431,-/th. Mayoritas tenaga kerja di Desa Kalijaya dan Desa Ciomas Kabupaten Ciamis dialokasikan untuk mengelola hutan rakyat yaitu sebesar 104,77 HKP/ha/th dan 216,93 HKP/ha/th, sedangkan alokasi tenaga kerja di Desa Kertaharja sebesar 210,05 HKP/ha/th. Potensi penyerapan tenaga kerja pada sektor pertanian di Kabupaten Ciamis tergolong tinggi, yakni lebih dari 75%. Dalam hubungannya dengan alokasi tenaga kerja, secara umum usia petani mempunyai korelasi positif sedangkan luas lahan mempunyai korelasi negatif.Kata kunci: potensi serapan, alokasi tenaga kerja, pendapatan, hari kerja pria (HKP), luas lahan. Incomes and labor allocation in community forests in Ciamis RegencyAbstractLabor for private forest business has not been considered as an important production factor, which it makes the incomes from the private forests is unfavourable. The research was carried out to find out the incomes and labor allocation on private forests management as well as their correlation to farmer characteristics. Data were collected during May to July 2010 at Ciomas, Kalijaya and Kertaharja villages by interviewing sixty purposively selected farmers. Data were analyzed by qualitative and quantitative description. The results revealed that on the basis of land width ownership, the business earned an income to the farmers in Ciomas, Kalijaya and Kertaharja villages of Ciamis district were 6,641,783 IDR/year; 8,029,358 IDR/year, and 6,302,431 IDR/year, respectively. The labors in Kalijaya and Ciomas villages of Ciamis district were mostly allocated to manage private forests i.e. 104.77 MDW/ha/year and 216.93 MDW/ha/year respectively as labors allocation in Kertaharja village were 210.05 MDW/ha/year. The potency of labor absorption level on agriculture sectors in Ciamis district defined as high, which was more than 75 percent. In relation to labor allocation, generally, ages of farmers had positive correlation while the land width had negative ones. ]]>
