STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN USAHATANI CABAI DAN BAWANG MERAH LAHAN PANTAI DI KECAMATAN SANDEN
Abstract
Coastal land is one of the marginal lands that has the potential to be
used as agricultural land. The purpose of this research is to determine the
internal conditions which are strengths and weaknesses in chili and shallot
farming activities of the coastal land in Sanden subdistrict, knowing the external
conditions that are opportunities and threats of chili and shallot farming activities
of the coastal land in Sanden Subdistrict, so that they can formulate the
development strategy of chili and shallot coastal land based on the results of the
SWOT analysis. The basic method used in this study is qualitative methods. The
sample is determined by using purposive sampling. Respondents were taken in
zone I (100-300 m) and zone II (400-1,000) are 60 people. The results showed
that the internal conditions that become the strengths is age of farmers, farmer
perceptions, education, farming experience, seeds, weeding, maintenance (HPT
control), and harvesting. The weaknesses found in chili and shallot farming
activities of the coastal land in Sanden subdistrict are land preparation,
maintenance (fertilization), knowledge of conservation, maintenance (watering),
postharvest, planting. The external conditions that become opportunities for chili
and shallot farming activities in coastal land in Sanden subistrict are counseling
as well as mentoring, pricing, research, product promotion, and marketing
channels. Whereas the threats in chili and shallot farming activities of the coastal
land in Sanden subdistrict are the application of SOP and GAP, sales system,
capital assistance, regulations and Saprodi assistance and there are four priority
strategies for developing coastal land farming activities in Sanden subdistrict
which need to be applied.