ANALISIS RANTAI PASOK (SUPPLY CHAIN) SORGUM (STUDI KASUS DI DESA KAWALELO KECAMATAN DEMON PAGONG KABUPATEN FLORES TIMUR)

Abstract

This study aims to determine : 1) the condition of the supply chain and 2) the performance of the sorghum supply chain in Kawalelo Village, Demon Pagong District, East Flores District.The location of the study was determined purposively (purposive sampling) by consideration that most of the people in Kawalelo Village are sorghum farmers which took  43 farmers. To determine the sample, the institution or link used the snowballing sample method in which the institution that  involved was Yaspensel with 18 staffs and 1 small trader. To answer of objective 1 , the data was analyzed descriptively qualitatively with the approach of product , financial , and information flow, while to find out the purpose of 2 the data was analyzed quantitatively by using marketing margin analysis and profit and cost ratios.

            The results showed that : 1) The condition of the sorghum supply chain in Kawalelo village is good, according the product flow, financial flow and information flow. Product flows in the form of sorghum rice is on channel 1 and channel 3 and sorghum cereal is on channel 2. Financial flows that are formed at the level of farmers,Yaspensel, small traders and final consumers are paid in cash. The flow of information was going well because of the good coordinated information communication among the supply chain actors. 2) The performance of the sorghum commodity supply chain in Kawalelo Village is good, which can be seen of by each channel that has greater profit than the costs incurred and the B/C ratio value of each supply chain channel is greater than 0 (zero), and the three existing supply chain channels are included in the short supply chain channel.