Agro Ekonomi
Vol 33, No 1 (2022): JUNE 2022

Leading Agricultural Subsectors in South Sumatra Province Before and During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Muhammad Aris Pujiyanto (Lecture Agribusiness, Universitas Muria Kudus)
Dwidjono Hadi Darwanto (Department of Agricultural Socio-Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Jangkung Handoyo Mulyo (Department of Agricultural Socio-Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jul 2022

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic that started in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 has resulted a very fatal health problems in global history, including for the State of Indonesia, which was confirmed that the first case of COVID-19 appeared on March 2, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic not only having an impact on the health sector, the economy, international trade, industry but also having a negative impact on the agricultural sector, so that the production and productivity of the agricultural sector during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced a significant decline. So it is necessary to conduct more in-depth research to find out how much impact the COVID-19 pandemic has on leading agricultural sub-sectors in South Sumatra Province. This study aims to determine the leading agricultural sub-sector before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Sumatra Province. This study uses secondary data in 2010-2021. The analysis applied in this study is the analysis of Location Quotient (LQ), Dynamic Location Quotient (DLQ), and a combination of analysis of Location Quotient (LQ) and Dynamic Location Quotient (DLQ). The plantation crops sub-sector and the forestry sub-sector are the base sectors. The food crops sub-sector, horticultural crop sub-sector, livestock sub-sector, and forestry sub-sector have a faster growth rate when compared to the same sub-sector at the national level. Only the forestry sub-sector is included in the classification of the leading sub-sector.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jae

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

AE is a media for dissemination information of thinking and research from lecturers, researchers, students, and practitioners who are interest to produce the scientific work in the agricultural and natural resource policies, agribusiness and agricultural extension & communication sciences. The focus ...