Feasibility analysis of sugar palm (Arenga pinnata Merr) by the people around Batang Gadis National Park area

Sugar palm (Arenga pinnata Merr) is a commodity that produces high economic value products and all of its parts can be processed into various food and non-food products. The purpose of this study was to determine and analyse the feasibility of sugar palm businesses in the vicinity of Batang Gadis National Park, in Pastap Julu Village. Analysis of the data in this study is a feasibility of palm sugar business with the indicators of total cost, total revenue and income as well as revenue cost ratio (R/C). The results obtained from this study indicate that the total fixed costs amounted to 4,750,000 IDR and the total variable costs amounted to 740,000 IDR so that the total costs amounted to 5,490,000 IDR. The revenue is 3,120,000 IDR in a month which calculated from the total production of 240 kg palm sugar per month and the price of 13,000 IDR/kg, so that the revenue in the year is 15,600,000 IDR. Then it was concluded that the income received was 10,110,000 IDR and the palm sugar business in Pastap Julu Village was feasible to be developed because the R/C value was 2.84 (more than 1).