CELEBES Agricultural
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2023): CELEBES Agricultural

Peanut Plant Development Strategy as a Leading Commodity in South Tinangkung District, Banggai Islands Regency

Sariani (Departement of Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture Muslim Indonesia University)
Anas Boceng (Department of Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Muslim Indonesia University)
Saida Saida (Department of Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Muslim Indonesia University)
Ilham Ladonu (Department of Agribusiness, Postgraduate, Gorontalo State University)



Article Info

Publish Date
16 May 2023

Abstract

Agricultural development aims to improve the living standards of farmers and the welfare of their people. The prospects for the development of peanut farming business are very bright in order to increase the income and welfare of farmers, so there is a need for a strategy in the development of peanuts as a leading commodity. Thus, this study aims to develop a strategy for developing peanuts as a leading commodity in South Tinangkung District, Banggai Islands Regency. The research was conducted from June to November 2022 in South Tinangkung District, Banggai Islands Regency. The data used in this study is primary data. Primary data were obtained by conducting structured interviews and direct observations from certain natural places by circulating questionnaires to respondents. Furthermore, the research used the SWOT method, namely SO (Strength-Opportunity), WO (Weakness-Opportunity), ST (Strength-Threats), and WT (Weakness-Threats). The results obtained in this study are that the development of peanut crop commodities in South Tinangkung District is in the second tier (diversification). so that the most appropriate strategy to be applied is Strategy-ST, thus the main strategy for the development of peanuts as a superior commodity is to utilize the experience of farmers in farming peanut crops with the ability to carry out land management to overcome the shortage of Agriculture machinery needs, in addition to that, it can maximize the role of Agricultural cooperation and can reduce high labor wages.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

faperta

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry

Description

CELEBES Agricultural: The publisher is the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tompotika Luwuk. The journal article covers the results of research and policy analysis that can be applied in agricultural practices and sciences such as agronomy, soil science, pests, and plant diseases, entomology, ...