PESISIR Selatan is a regency of West Sumatra, located by the seashore. It has a 218-kilometer-long coastline, yet its agricultureparticularly its fruit orchardsis the main source of economic activity in the regency. Rice paddies contributed 19.94 percent of the total economic activity in 2001, which amounted to Rp3.1 trillion. An area of 40.123 hectares can result in 201.916 tons of rice harvest. This activity absorbs 60 percent of the labor mark