THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSMIGRATION SETTLEMENT IN TANJUNG AGUNG, KAUR REGENCY, BENGKULU PROVINCE

Transmigration Settlement is a unit of settlements for transmigran with carrying capacity for 300 – 500 HH. The
development of transmigration settlement should be evaluated to know the progress of the development and then
design the next development program. The objective of this research was to evaluate the development of
transmigration settlement in Tanjung Agung Village, Kaur Regency, Province Bengkulu. This research has been
conducted from June to September 2014. The methodology of evaluation the development of transmigration
settlement was based on the Regulation of Ministry of Transmigration Republic Indonesia No. 25/MEN/IX/2009
and Goverment Regulation (PP) No. 3, 2014 about transmigration. The result showed that after T+2 and T+3 year
of establishment, the income of transmigrant in Tanjung Agung categories in the phase of adaptation or equal to
1.605,67 kg of rice per year. The crops contributed to their income are cassava, banana, chilli papper, upland rice,
and vegetables. Palm oil and rubber also planted by transmigrant as the main crops, but still juvenile. The main
problem of development in the settlement are main road and electricity. The condition of the main road (6,7 km
damaged) make the transportaion of the product from the settlement to the market to be difficult, while the
electricity (solar cell) that only for lighting, make the creative product undeveloped. This conddition make the
income of transmigrant to be low. However, according to the activity of transmigrant and the development that
conducted by the goverment, in general, the development of Transmigration Settlement in Tanjung Agung, Kaur
Regency show a good progress.