Improving agricultural commodity supply-chain to promote economic activities in rural area

1st International Conference on Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in The Tropics

农业科学;经济学

Padjung, R.^1

Department of Agronomy Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan Km 10, Makassar

90245, Indonesia^1

关键词: Action research;    Agricultural commodities;    Business environments;    Economic activities;    Economic development;    Information and Communication Technologies;    Information flows;    Quality grade;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/157/1/012057/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/157/1/012057

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Long supply chain of agricultural commodities has become concern to governments particularly in large countries such as Indonesia as it causes high price disparity between farm-gate and retailer. Policies to overcome such problem are usually by shortening the chain, by which farmers sell the products directly to retailers. Using an action research in AEDEF (Aceh Economic Development Financing Facilities) Program, conducted in the province of Nangro Aceh Darussalam (NAD) Indonesia, the paper shows that shortening the commodity supply chain is not the best solution to such problem, as it causes loss of jobs in the villages. High price disparity between farm-gate and retailer is not necessary brought about by long supply-chain but by the efficiency of the chain instead. Efficiency of the chain can be improved by creating enabling business environment such that every actors and players work in a fair manner. This can be achieved by transparency in price and quality grade. With development achieved in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), having a good and reliable flow of such information is not difficult. In addition to information flow, the availability and quality of infrastructure to support flow of goods from farm-gate to end-user is of reasonably important.