Abstract

Management of True Seed of Shallot (TSS) production is an important part of supporting Indonesia shallot seed availability. It should involve various parties such as governments, privates, and shallot farmers to guarantee TSS quality and quantity of TSS. The study aims to identify governments' and farmers' preferences toward TSS institutional model in Indonesia. The study was undertaken in East Java from March to August 2016. Twenty-eight respondents from around East Java were purposively selected. Four options of the institution model of shallot seed were offered. The data was analyzed using the Analytical Hierarchy Process. The result showed that the preferred institution model for TSS by the respondents was the first option. In the model, Indonesian Vegetables Research Institute provided the high quality of shallot bulb seed and produced TSS for Breeder Seed. Meanwhile, other Indonesian government seed bodies/private generated bulb seed for Breeder Seed. Then, the University/Assessment Institute of Agricultural Technology/private produced TSS and bulb seed for Foundation Seed.Furthermore, selected shallot breeders produced TSS and bulb seed for Stock Seed and Extension Seed. The model could solve shallot seed quality and quantity problems' as it engaged the competent institutions. Therefore, the model could be recommended for TSS production nationally.

Highlights

  • Shallot (Allium ascalonicum L.) is considered one of the high economic vegetables and has a prospective Indonesian market

  • The existing pattern of shallot seed institution patterns are traditional, such as a seed is produced by farmers, and no certification regulations are enacted to the seed

  • The governments indicated that accelerating generating consumption bulb seed and supporting the shallot seed continuity were the important criteria with Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) score: 21.57% and 18.42%

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Introduction

Shallot (Allium ascalonicum L.) is considered one of the high economic vegetables and has a prospective Indonesian market. The problem happens because there are no shallot seed institutions patterns applied in Indonesia, especially in local areas. The existing pattern of shallot seed institution patterns are traditional, such as a seed is produced by farmers, and no certification regulations are enacted to the seed. The seed – in the form of bulb seed- is used by farmers themselves [4], or they sell the seed among them in local or outside of their areas. The availability of high-quality shallot seed is deficient [5] and influences shallot consumption production.

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