A Bibliometric Analysis of Study on Seaweed Industry for Strengthening Regional Competitiveness in Indonesia

Muhammad Yanuar Ary Saputro ,Nunung Nuryartono ,Bustanul Arifin ,Nimmi Zulbainarni

doi:10.7176/ejbm/13-6-06

Abstract

The Indonesian seaweed industry is currently experiencing a paradox that comparatively superior in the view of local production but inferior in the global market. Moreover, the strategic geographical location with the longest coastline the meeting of the world's largest coral triangle is not contributing to increase the local production. This work aims to develop the landscape of study on seaweed industry using bibliometric analysis. While historical of seaweed production in Indonesia is reflected to develop the required pre-condition in strengthening seaweed-based nation competitiveness.Research shows the biological study on this field that still in prevalent attention based on 500 article and less attention on the study on the upstream. The research on carrageenan as the raw material of seaweed have been developed widely. The actor of research and regulator in Indonesia needs to recognize more upstream strategy to strengthen the capacity of each actor in the supply chain. Keywords: bibliometric, competitiveness, supply chain, seaweed, technology diffusion, upstream DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/13-6-06 Publication date: March 31 st 2021

Highlights

The capacity of agricultural, fishery and salt production in the coastal areas of Indonesia are still in suboptimal
The population of coastal communities is defined as a group of people who live in coastal areas and their economic livelihoods depend directly on the utilization of marine and coastal resources
Japan and Korea as the recipient countries of seaweed exports from Indonesia which consumed seaweed as food alone in 2005 reached 2 billion USD, which is inversely proportional to Indonesia at that time where seaweed was only allowed to float in the sea, being carried away. currents, washed ashore and left as marine debris(Arif, 2019; S

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The capacity of agricultural, fishery and salt production in the coastal areas of Indonesia are still in suboptimal. Even though Indonesia is known as the country with the second longest coastline in the world. The market opportunity for Indonesian seaweed exports is quite wide for cultivator producers, due to Indonesia's suitable geographical conditions and relatively stable seaweed prices. These three conditions are the potential for state revenue in the form of trade balance and foreign exchange. Seaweed is a prime mover for the coastal economy where 60% of the Indonesian population lives within a 50 KM radius of coastal and marine areas (Mertins et al, 2002). Indonesia is an archipelago country with the longest coastline, which is 99,000 kilometers (km) (Hoffman, 2017)

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