<![CDATA[This study aimed to determine 1) the base agricultural commodities in South Konawe District, and 2) prospective agricultural commodities in South Konawe District. This research was conducted in South Konawe District using time series data for the last five years by considering that this area is one of the main commodity-producing centers. The data were analyzed descriptively by using the Location Quotient (LQ), Static Location Quotient (DLQ), and the combining LQ and DLQ analysis. The results showed that 1) the baec commodity in the last five years was in the food crops sub-sector, namely sweet potato compared to other commodities. The plantation sub-sector includes pepper, cashew, hybrid coconut, rubber and patchouli. The base commodities in the horticulture sub-sector of the vegetable group are shallots, cayenne pepper, cabbage, green beans, mushrooms, red beans, cucumbers, mustard greens and eggplant. While there are no base commodities in the fruits group and also in the livestock sub-sector, 2) there were no prospective commodities in the food crops sub-sector for the last four years. Each commodity and livestock population in the entire sub-sector becomes prospective in certain years, and 3) based on the interpretation of the base and prospective sectors, pepper plants have become a base and prospective plantation sub-sector commodity in the last four years. Meanwhile, there are no basic and prospective commodities in the last four years in the food crops sub-sector, horticulture of vegetables and fruit groups, as well as the livestock sub-sector, or in other words that in addition to the plantation sub-sector, commodities in other sub-sectors are the base and are prospective only in certain year.]]>
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