| Abtrak (Bhs. Inggris) | Smallholder oil palm replanting temporarily reduces farmers' income because fresh fruit bunches cannot be harvested during the immature period. Upland rice can be used as an intercrop, but farmers' decisions to cultivate it differ across households. This study aimed to analyze the socioeconomic factors affecting farmers' decisions to cultivate upland rice on smallholder oil palm replanting land in Cikeusik and Munjul Subdistrict, Pandeglang Regency, Banten Province. A quantitative descriptive and explanatory survey was conducted from December 2025 to April 2026. The sample consisted of 100 farmers selected by proportional random sampling from 269 farmers who participated in the replanting program and cultivated upland rice. Primary data were collected through structured interviews, field observations, and documentation, and then analyzed using validity and reliability tests, classical assumption tests, and multiple linear regression in IBM SPSS Statistics. Household income and capital, extension and information access, and social and institutional support had positive and significant effects on farmers' decisions, whereas labor availability and family dependents had a negative and significant effect. Age, education, farming experience, land size, and risk perception were not significant. The results indicate that farmers' decisions were driven mainly by economic capacity, access to information, and institutional support rather than by demographic characteristics. Strengthening capital facilitation, extension services, and farmer-group coordination is needed to improve the adoption of intercropping during oil palm replanting. |
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