CORN AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN WEST SUMBAWA DISTRICT

Abstract

West Sumbawa Regency has the potential market for corn producers to supply various regions, but corn agribusiness is carried out on a small scale, because there are still many problems faced by corn farmers, especially the future development of corn in the face of increasingly strong market competition in line with the era of globalization and free trade and changes Other strategic environments that directly or indirectly affect the development of maize, innovations are needed, including the provision of resources, governance / managerial, availability of facilities / infrastructure, availability of seeds and managing agriculture with renewable technological innovations to spur productivity. therefore a strategy is needed in developing corn agribusiness in West Sumbawa, by using a SWOT analysis to obtain a strategy by maintaining existing markets by creating new markets through improving the quality and quantity of productivity and utilizing the availability of human resources to supply demand at high prices.