KEUNGGULAN KOMPARATIF DAN DAMPAK KEBIJAKAN PEMERINTAH PADA PENGEMBANGAN PRODUKSI JAGUNG DI BENGKULU

Abstrak

The objective of this study was to analyze comparative advantage and the impact of
government policy on corn production in Bengkulu. Primary and secondary data were
collected by interviewing corn farmer, traders, and marketing institutional on October 1996.
The data were analyzed by using Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM). The result show that
Bengkulu corn production have relatively high comparative advantage as reflected by DRCR
value of 0.5814. The impact of goverment policy gaves disinsentif to develop corn farmers, as
to reflected by the value of NPCI=1.1704, NPCO=0.859, and EPC=0.833. To increase the
efficiency, the government need to deregulate input (fertilizer) subsidy so that no input price
differences between food crop sector and estate crop sector.