The competitiveness of medicinal plants in Central Java Indonesia

4th International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Environment

农业科学;生态环境科学

Riptanti, E.W.^1 ; Qonita, R.A.^1 ; Fajarningsih, R.U.^1

Department of Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia^1

关键词: Agriculture products;    Central Java Province;    Comparative advantage;    Domestic markets;    Environmental conditions;    Market competition;    Market opportunities;    Pharmaceutical production;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/142/1/012018/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/142/1/012018

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Indonesia hold a potential opportunity to be a pharmaceutical production country. In the other side, Indonesia facing agriculture product and market competition internationally and domestically. Improving competitiveness of specific products are aimed to hit the export market and also to be able to compete with import products in domestic market. Considering Indonesian market opportunity, therefore we perform this study aiming to examine the competitiveness of medicinal plants in Central Java area. The basic method applied in this study was descriptive and data sources are primary and secondary data. Data were analyzed using Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) and Trade Specialization Index (TSI) approaches. According to the study, we reveal that medicinal plant commodities in Central Java province have average score 8.52, indicating a strong comparative advantage in global markets, while the commodities appear to have average score of 0.97 at 0 to 1 range, representing a strong competitiveness. Those results are attributed to natural and environmental condition, as well as high demand of global market. This competitiveness will encourage traditional/modern medicinal industries in global market.