Analysis of Leading Commodities in the North Barito District, Central Kalimantan Province

Abstract

This study aims to determine the superior commodity of plantation crops in the agricultural, forestry and fishery business fields as well as to what extent the ratio of income per capita of North Barito Regency and income per capita of superior sector farmers of plantation crops in North Barito Regency, Central Kalimantan Province. This research uses secondary data analysis method with literature study. Secondary data is in the form of production data, the number of household heads who have tried on plantation crop commodities and other supporting data in the last five years. The data analysis technique used in this research is Location Quotient (LQ) analysis as well as analysis of plantation crop farmers' per capita income and analysis of income per capita in North Barito Regency. Based on the results of the study showed that the superior plantation crops based on production were rubber, coffee, areca nut, cocoa, and candlenut. Meanwhile, based on the planted area, namely rubber, areca nut, cocoa, and candlenut. Based on the comparison of plantation crop farmers 'income per capita to PDRB per capita in North Barito Regency, there is a huge imbalance, farmers' per capita income is lower than PDRB per capita. This shows that the welfare of farmers is very low. Keyword: Analysis; commodity Copyright © 2021 The Author(s): This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial use provided the original author and source are credited.