The Pattern of Production and Marketing of Horticultural Commodities at the Country Border in Bengkayang Regency- Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Gontom Citoro Kifli(a*), Dadan Permana (b), Rubiyo (c)

a) Research Center for Behavioral and Circular Economics
Research Organization for Governance, Economy, and Community Welfare
National Research and Innovation Agency
Jl. Gatot Subroto No. 10 Kuningan Baru Jakarta Selatan12710 Indonesia
*keevle354[at]gmail.com
b) Research Center for Cooperative, Corporation, and People^s Economy
Research Organization for Governance, Economy, and Community Welfare
National Research and Innovation Agency
Jl. Gatot Subroto No. 10 Kuningan Baru Jakarta Selatan12710 Indonesia
c) Research Center for Horticultural and Estate Crops
Research Organization for Agriculture and Food
Cibinong Science Center, Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor Bogor16915 Indonesia.
National Research and Innovation Agency

Abstract

Several types of horticultural commodities are a mainstay for horticultural farmers in the country border area at Bengkayang Regency Indonesia. The COVID-19 pandemic affects various aspects of life, including farming activity by farmers in country border areas. The objective of this research is to analyze the condition of the production and marketing pattern of horticulture commodities in the border areas of the Bengkayang Regency before and during the pandemic. The research methods used mixed methods, quantitative and qualitative. The result of the research with statistical analysis of the Wilcoxon test showed that the significance value is 0.002 and which means there is a difference in the amount of vegetable production before the pandemic compared to the pandemic occurred. There is a decrease in the average percentage of vegetable production as much as 11.89 % between before and during the pandemic. On the other hand, the result of statistical analysis for fruit production shows the significance value is 0.778, which means it is no different from the amount of fruit production before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the border area of Bengkayang Regency. There are different patterns of selling and marketing to Serikin Malaysia in border areas before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Horticultural farmers sell and market their harvests in their entirety in fresh, unprocessed, unpackaged form, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research implies that efforts need to increase the added value of these horticultural commodities with preservation, processing, and packaging.

Keywords: country border- horticultural- COVID-19- Bengkayang- production

Topic: Crop production system