A web-based agricultural commodity price information system for Aceh region, Indonesia

Abstract

Agricultural commodity is one of important livelihoods for people in Aceh region. The basic meaning of commodity is something sold and bought so commodity price is a necessity information for farmers, buyers, traders, investors and consumers. This paper proposes a web-based information system to provide agricultural commodity price information specific to Aceh region. The system was named KomoditiAceh and designed to be accessible for public who need agricultural commodity price information. The development of KomoditiAceh implemented Rapid Applications Development (RAD) model by applying the steps from System Development Life Cycle (SDLC). RAD model applies several iterations to generate prototype for fulfilling system requirements. There are three entities in KomoditiAceh, they are public, author and administrator. Each entity has its own role so the interface can be slightly different. After the final prototype was completely developed, the usability of KomoditiAceh was analyzed by using System Usability Scale (SUS) method. SUS questionnaire has 10 questions and the questionnaires was distributed to 30 respondents. The result obtained from this questionnaire was calculated using SUS method and got SUS score 81 or B grade scale. That score means KomoditiAceh is regarded as excellent system and acceptable to use as a web-based agricultural commodity price for Aceh region.