Analisis Daya Saing Usahatani Kedelai di Das Brantas

Abstract

The major objective of this paper is to analyze the competitiveness of soybean production in Brantas River Basin, the major soybean producing region in Indonesia. The results indicate that the returns to management is negative. This implies that soybean has no competitive advantage, which is also shown by the values of PCR of about unity. The value of DRC, which is approximately equal to unity, also indicates that soybean has a weak comparative advantage. The results of the break even analysis indicate that soybean would be financially competitive if the world price of soybean at least increases by 8.5%, or the exchange rate of dollar to the local currency at least declines by 9.2%, or soybean productivity at least increases by 27.4% from the base period, ceteris paribus. In other words, there should be a serious attempt to increase the efficiency of soybean crop by increasing productivity through the use of quality seeds and balanced amounts of fertilizers. Besides, research in soybean variety improvement should be intentionally encouraged from now on. Not much can be done from fiscal and monetary policy sides in a gradually more liberalized international trade in the future.