Mimbar Agribisnis: Jurnal Pemikiran Masyarakat Ilmiah Berwawasan Agribisnis
Vol 7, No 1 (2021): Januari 2021

PLATFORM DIGITAL SEBAGAI ALTERNATIF BERTAHAN DI ERA PANDEMI COVID-19 BAGI PELAKU BISNIS PERTANIAN

Damara Dinda Nirmalasari Zebua (Unknown)
Lasmono Tri Sunaryanto (Satya Wacana Christian University)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jan 2021

Abstract

One of the vegetable and fruit shopping centers that affected by the Covid-19 pandemic is the Agro Store which is managed by the Hortimart Agro Center. This study aims to know: 1) the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic; 2) the use of the digital platform; and 3) the advantages of using digital platform. This is a descriptive qualitative research by using an interactive analysis model includes reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing that used Altas.ti 8 as an analysis tool for data coding. The results of the study concludes: 1) the Covid-19 pandemic caused operational activities at the Agro Store to be closed for approximately four months; 2) the Whatsapp digital platform is an alternative platform for Agro Store to sell vegetable and fruit products online; and 3) internal constraints are the lack of human resources and transportation, while external constraints are complaints from customers. The implication of this research for Agro Store is a reminder and also a trigger to consistent use the digital platform as a marketing media of selling vegetable and fruit products online as an opportunity to expand the market and increase sales turnover.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

mimbaragribisnis

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry

Description

Mimbar Agribisnis: Jurnal Pemikiran Masyarakat Ilmiah Berwawasan Agribisnis adalah jurnal ilmiah yang menerbitkan hasil-hasil penelitian sosial ekonomi pertanian. Jurnal ini bertujuan untuk memperluas dan menciptakan inovasi dalam konsep, teori, paradigma, perspektif dan metodologi dalam ilmu sosial ...