Competitiveness Of Medicinal Plants Turmeric Farming At Mlokomanis Kulon Village, Ngadirojo Subdistrict, Wonogiri Regency

Abstract

Turmeric is one of the medical plants which highly competitive and incessantly traded in international market. Indonesia also plants a lot of turmeric, one of them located at Mlokomanis Kulon Village, Ngadirojo Sub-District, Wonogiri District. This study aims to (1) calculate the comparative and competitive advantages of turmeric farming at Mlokomanis Kulon Village, (2) analyze the effect of government policy towards turmeric farming at Mlokomanis Kulon Village, (3) and identify the affecting factors of turmeric farming’s comparative and competitive advantages. The study was conducted in Mlokomanis VIllave, Ngadirojo Sub-District, Wonogiri District with a sample of 30 turmeric farmers who sold their harvest. Analysis method used in this study is R/C ratio, Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM), and analysis of multiple linear regression. Results of this study shows that (1) turmeric farming at Mlokomanis Kulon Village has comparative  advantage and competitive advantage, (2) Fresh turmeric incurred losses by practice of government policy but powdered turmeric gain advantage by practice of government policy, (3) comparative advantage of turmeric farming is affected by farmer’s age, education, and production of powdered turmeric while (4) affecting factors of turmeric farming’s competitive advantage are output transfer and product diversification.