AbstractThe research aims to identify and describe the role of the agriculturalsector in the economy in Bitung City from 2010 to 2019 and its contribution tobasic sectors. The study was conducted for 3 months from June 2020 toSeptember 2020.The type of data used in this study is secondary data obtained from theCentral Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bitung City, namely in the form of GRDP ofBitung City and North Sulawesi Province for the period 2010 to 2019. Supportingdata is in the form of other secondary data relevant to this study, namely theresults -Research results, the data obtained were analyzed descriptively andpresented in tabular form.The results showed that the contribution of the agricultural sector to theGRDP of Bitung City in 2019 was 16.6 percent, although it has decreased since2010 by 17.8 percent, but the agricultural sector still ranks second after themanufacturing sector with a contribution of 32.84 percent in in 2019. The growthof the agricultural sector, although fluctuating, tends to increase from 6.33 percentin 2012 to 9.06 percent in 2019. The LQ value of the agricultural sector, eventhough it was less than one in 2019, was 0.85, but continues to increase comparedto last year. 2010 amounted to 0.75, and the agricultural sector, especially thecapture fisheries sub-sector, is the exporting sector to other districts / cities inNorth Sulawesi Province. Based on the results of this study, it can be concludedthat the agricultural sector has an important role in the economy of Bitung City,because this sector is not only an exporting sector, especially the capture fisheriessub-sector, but also as a provider of raw materials for the processing industry inBitung City.
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