THE COMPETITIVENESS OF SOYBEAN PRODUCTION IN BLITAR-EAST JAVA, INDONESIA
ABSTRACT: In East Java
Province, the government still provides subsidy to soybean production in the
form of soft credit to production inputs. Since the government budget and subsidy
have been limited, efficiency in production, marketing and trade become crucial
issues. The conducted research will try to achieve some research objectives as
follows: Analyzing soybean farmer income in the Blitar District at the
different cropping system; Obtaining analysis on comparative advantage and
competitive-ness of soybean by different cropping system; analyzing influences
of social price changes to farmers income due to public investment; and
analyzing government policy impact on farmers income due to market/actual price
development. The research uses Policy Analysis Matrix to obtain competitiveness
rate, efficiency and impact of government policy on soybean production under multi-cropping system and
different ecological zones in the Blitar district.
Author: Moh. Azis Arisudi,
Salfarina Abdul Gapor
Journal Code: jpmanajemengg080001
