The impact of COVID-19 on the performance of food clusters MSMEs in Surabaya

Abstract

Based on the results of the Inter-Census Agricultural Survey (SUTAS) in 2018 and the Economic Census (SE) in 2016 was done by the East Java Provincial Government, the City of Surabaya had 385,054 MSMEs. However, Surabaya's current condition was bad because until 17 May 2020 the number of people infected by COVID-19 in Surabaya was 1035 patients of supervision and 3190 people under monitoring (ODP), with 110 people who died as a result of this pandemic and 130 people had recovered from COVID-19. A large number of patients infected by COVID-19 in Surabaya may be an impact on the condition of Food Clusters MSMEs in Surabaya. This research aims to determine the impact of COVID-19 on the performance of food clusters MSMEs in Surabaya. This research method is descriptive, namely research that describes a situation without any treatment of the object under study. The result, that COVID-19 has any impact on the performance of food clusters MSMEs in Surabaya such as difficulties in accessing raw materials, decreasing production levels (including production costs), individual capital difficulties, marketing difficulties (including transportation costs), administrative procedures, and training become unsustainable.