Developing porang agribusiness for multiple stakeholder benefits and supporting sustainable development in dryland areas of Lombok (original) (raw)

2021

Abstract

Lombok Island, including its dryland area, has a high potential for developing many kinds of crops, not excluded porang (elephant foot yam). This study describes the development of porang agribusiness in Lombok, its opportunities, and ways to develop forward. This study uses several sources of data and several data collection methods, in a term called triangulation. Primary data were collected through interviews guided by the instrument of unstructured questions listed as topics of investigations. Secondary data collection capitalize on available data from individuals and bodies. Data were analyzed mainly using descriptive statistics and qualitative evaluation. Results of the study evidenced several points. Porang is one of the promising crops to be developed in the dryland of Lombok Island. It grows easily and is adaptable to many agricultural conditions. It has also high demand in several forms of products. The consequences that follow from these are that the development of this c...

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