An analysis of to deliver cheap nutritious products: National Fish Barn Program

Abstract

There is a program called the national fish barn (Lumbung Ikan Nasional), which aims at delivering fish to consumers from the the country's most productive fishing areas, namely Maluku. The program has focused on the preparation of integrated ports and concerns aspects of the readiness of the participating districts and cities. This paper was based on a research conducted in January - March 2021, with an objective to assess their readiness indexes, covering five related dimensions: ecological, economic, social, institutional, technological. Analytical tools used in this study were multi dimentional scaling and prospective analysis. The multidimensional scaling (MDS) data was obtained through mail surveys involving fisheries service officials in 11 districts and cities. Applyng the same technique, data collection for prospective analysis involving local university scientests. The results of MDS analysis showed that 11 districts and cities demonstrated readiness indexes categorized as 'fairly prepared to very prepared' for the ecological, economic and social dimensions. Challenges are found in the institutional and infrastructure dimensions, where there are a number of districts and cities indexed 'less prepared' or even 'unprepared'. The research concluded with the result of prospective analysis, which then become policy implication of this research; in this case, it is recommended that a number of attributes should receive attention to improve the readiness indexes of participating districts and cities. These attributes are: 'market opportunity', 'business competitiveness', 'participation of entrepreneurs', 'financial institutions', 'information infrastructure'