Abstract

This study aims to identify marketing channels and market structure pineapple, pineapple analyzing market behavior and analyzing the performance of pineapple fruit market in the village of Kualu Nenas. The data collection method is a survey method. Determination by purposive sampling of respondents and the formula slovin on pineapple growers as much as 33 farmers. Determination of the number of traders, wholesalers and agents agroindustrial determined by census where traders, wholesalers and agents agroindustrial taken based on the accumulation of 33 farmers who sell pineapples to traffickers and agro industry in the village Kualu Nenas, there are 8 traders , 6 wholesalers, and 8 players in the industry. Descriptive analysis of data on the market structure and concentration ratio harfindahl index (HI), for the behavior of markets analyzed by correlation and elasticity of the transmission, and the appearance of markets analyzed by the equation margin trading system. The results showed the market structure market share, concentration ratios, and HI traders at 0.5469, 54.69%, and 0.2990, market share, concentration ratios, and HI wholesalers at 0.6878, 68.78%, and 0.4730, and market share, concentration ratios and HI agro-industry amounted to 0.5145, 51.45%, and 0.2647 of its market structure among the three is oligopsony. Market behavior indicates correlation values 0523 and 0515 transmission elasticity analysis. Appearance market views on marketing margin is relatively large and is dominated by the great results and uneven. Apart from it can be seen also from the uneven distribution margin, the share price received by farmers is still relatively low and the ratio of benefits and costs to farmers is still low. In addition, the bargaining power of farmers is weak because prices are determined unilaterally by traders, especially on the channel I and channel II while the third channel is relatively better because of the level of efficiency is lower Keywords : Pineapple , Study Structure, Behavior, And Appearance Market.

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