The main problems of na-oogst tobacco agribusiness in Jember

Abstract

Tobacco business are business activities that have been entrenched in Jember district. Many farmers and large companies are depending their lives on tobacco farming. The Na-Oogst (NO) tobacco farming has been historically contributed to economy, social and cultural dynamics of local communities. Although Indonesia's tobacco business is worldwide, there are many problems in agribusiness activities. Based on this description, this study aims were: identifying problems found in the NO tobacco tobacco agribusiness chain, and analysing the actors related to the existing problems. This research is descriptive using qualitative research methods. Data collection was obtained from observations of actors and activities as well as in-depth interviews with informants in the Na-Oogst tobacco value chain. Data and information are analyzed by data reduction techniques, data presentation and verification retrieval through triangulation to draw conclusions. The results of the study show problems related to NO tobacco agribusiness were the ability of the actors, partnerships, and coordination linkages, and the main actors existing problems related to core actors are farmers, traders, and companies / exporters.