Abstract:
Wood is one natural resource that is needed by humans. Wood is used in
various fields of human life, ranging from household goods, to industrial
purposes. Teak wood is the most popular type of wood, but Teak wood has a very long
harvest age. Increased demand for industrial Teak wood, causing the need to look
for an alternative timber that can replace the teak wood. One timber can be used as an
alternative is Sengon wood. One timber can be used as
an alternative is wood Sengon. Sengon wood have the ability to be able to be processed
into various product. And that’s make most of wood-based industy interest in Sengon
wood.
Magelang district consists of several sub-district where the population lived as
a farmer. Nowadays, farmers often lose money because the uncertainty of the crops
selling prices. This problem could be solved by the replacement of plant species, one
alternative species is Sengon tree. This is the basic, needed to do a feasibility study of
Sengon plantation business, which includes legal and environmental aspects, market and
marketing aspects, technical and technological aspects, human resources aspects and
financial aspects.
Establishment of Sengon plantations, give a positive impact on the
environment. Sengon timber market is still very broad and based on the calculation of the
financial aspect, Sengon plantations gives BCR pessimistic calculation of 14.76 with a
payback period 3.56 years, profitablility index of 1476% and a positive net present value
with the IRR of 100.55 %. The study and analysis of all aspects studied, providing results
that Sengon plantations established feasible in Magelang district, with the best location in
the Bandongan sub-district.
