Implementation of Regulation Processing Materials Standard Indonesian Rubber in South Sumatra

Abstract

This study aims to determine the implementation of the Governor’s Regulation Number 4 of 2019 concerning Instructions for Processing and Marketing of Standard Indonesian Rubber Processing Materials Traded in South Sumatra Province and its variables. variables that affect the process of implementing this policy. This study uses a qualitative method with a descriptive research approach. The process of collecting data in the form of interviews, observations, and documentation. Source triangulation technique is used to check the validity of research data. The collected data is then analyzed using the theory of process or flow policy implementation proposed by Thomas B. Smith. The results show that this policy is still experiencing obstacles at the rubber farmer group level. There was a tension at the farmer group level with the applicable regulations. This is because traditional rubber farmer groups are still bound by debts and services to collectors or brokers of rubber processing materials, so they cannot join the Bokar Processing and Marketing Unit (UPPB) formed by the government. In addition, economic factors such as the need for additional costs to process rubber in accordance with the recommendations are difficult for low-income farmers to implement.