Selling Time Strategy dan Dampaknya terhadap Kesejahteraan Petani Garam

Abstract

AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi faktor yang mendorong petani garam untuk menjual garam pasca panen/pungut secara langsung atau tidak langsung dan menganalisis dampak penerapan strategi tersebut terhadap tingkat kesejahteraan petani garam. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Desa Karanganyar, Kec. Kalianget, Kab. Sumenep. Objek dalam penelitian ini difokuskan pada produk garam. Teknik sampling yang digunakan adalah snowball sampling dengan informan yang berasal dari petani garam dari desa Karanganyar. Data diperoleh melalui observasi, dokumentasi dan indepth interview secara langsung kepada informan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat empat faktor yang mempengaruhi petani garam dalam menerapkan strategi penjualan langsung atau tidak langsung yaitu harga garam, kebutuhan, kuantitas hasil produksi, dan gudang penyimpanan. Ketika harga garam mahal maka petani garam akan menggunakan strategi penjualan langsung. sebaliknya, ketika harga turun petani kecil tidak memiliki pilihan strategi selain menjual langsung tetapi petani dengan skala besar lebih fleksibel.Kata Kunci: Garam, Kesejahteraan, Strategi AbstractThis study aims to explore the drivinf factors of salt farmers to sell salt directly or indirectly and analyze the impact of implementing this strategy on the welfare level of salt farmers. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach. This research was conducted in Karanganyar Village, Kalianget, Sumenep district.. The object of this study is focused on salt products. The sampling technique used snowball sampling with informants who came from salt farmers from Karanganyar village. Data obtained through observation, documentation and in-depth interviews with informants. The results of this study indicate that there are four factors that influence salt farmers in implementing direct or indirect sales strategies, namely the price of salt, needs, quantity of production, and warehouse. When the price of salt is high, salt farmers will use a direct selling strategy. otherwise when prices fall small farmers have no choice of strategy other than selling directly but large scale farmers are more flexible.Keywords: Salt, Welfare, Strategy

Middlemen and The Debt bondage System in Salt Production at Madura

“…Of the four regencies, Sumenep is the largest salt-producing district on Madura Island, even based on statistical data from the 2019 KKP (Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries), Sumenep occupies the first position as the largest salt producer in East Java [1]. Of the 14 sub-districts in Sumenep Regency, Kalianget District is the largest salt-producing area in Sumenep Regency, in Karanganyar Village, to be precise [2], [3].…”

“…Karanganyar Village, Kalianget District, is where most of the population depends on the people's salt business [3]. Salt in Karanganyar Village has a significant role in supporting the income of the Karanganyar community because the salt commodity, which is quite profitable in farming, has good prospects because salt is a daily necessity in the household and the industrial sector.…”

“…The people's salt business in Karanganyar Village is hereditary and always experiences problems when producing salt. One is the problem of financing and selling salt crops [3], [4]. The government has made several policy hesitations regarding the salt trade system.…”