Analysis of Production Costs and Business Efficiency of Processed Agro-Industrial Products of Milkfish in Woha District, Bima Regency

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the production and production costs of the efficiency of agroindustry business processed by MSME milkfish in Woha district, Bima regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province -Indonesia. The research method used was descriptive qualitative and quantitative with respondents of the milkfish processed MSME business as many as 10 business units selected using the purposive sampling method. The results of the research from data processing and data analysis showed that the business of processing milkfish into grilled fish food that is ready to be consumed has greater income when compared to farmers who cultivate milkfish who sell milkfish products directly without processing, besides that the average level of business efficiency is above one (>1), this means that from a business analyst perspective, the MSME business of processed milkfish agroindustry is economically profitable and feasible to work on means that the agro-industry of processing milkfish into grilled milkfish between the selling price of the product and the costs of the production process is said to be efficient. To further improve the milkfish processing agro-industry business, milkfish cultivation farmers should be able to process themselves into ready-to-eat processed foods in the form of grilled milkfish, presto milkfish and so on that can provide added value to production.