Development Policy of Seaweed Farming in Kupang District of East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia

Abstract

This research aimed at analyzing policy alternative that can be conducted to increase seaweed farmer's income. The method practiced in this research was a survey method; while the population was a household whose livelihoods were a seaweed farmer. Data analysis applied to answer the objectives of the research was policy simulation. The research result revealed that policy alternative that can be carried out as a priority of business development and to increase seaweed farmer's household income includes : labor wage increase by 15%, one-year experience addition and thallus length addition by 15%; one-year experience addition, one-year education addition, and thallus length addition by 15%; labor wage increase by 15%, one-year-experience addition, one-year-experience addition and one-yearstudy addition; labor wage increase by 15%, one-year experience addition; one-year experience addition, one-year educational addition, and cleanliness rate addition by 5%.

Design of Seaweed Liquid Waste Processing Installation in the Alkali Treatment Process as Recycled Water Based on Physics and Chemistry

“…Seaweed trade between countries in the form of exports indicates that almost all national seaweed products (Msuya et al, 2022;Tawakal et al, 2019). International demand for seaweed is relatively high so it has high economic value (high value commodity) (Oedjoe et al, 2019).…”