Business Opportunity of Porang Plants on the Welfare of Farmers in Ngrayun Ponorogo

Abstract

Porang nowadays has become a commodity that is claimed to have high export potential because it is the basic ingredient for making sirataki, a healthy food that is currently trending. In the market, Sirataki has a high price, so many people assume that the price of porang as a raw material is also high. But unfortunately this contrasts with the reality experienced by the farmers in Ngrayun Village, Ponorogo. Where the price of porang among farmers actually experienced a very drastic price drop. Therefore this study aims to identify the factors that cause this phenomenon to occur, that by helping Porang farmers in the village of Ngrayun Ponorogo the results are: 1.) Limited knowledge of farmers about supply chain management, 2.) Limited to human resources who lack knowledge planting Porang, and 3.) Dependence of farmers on collectors.