The Competitiveness of Seaweed Cultivation in Sawu Island as Remote Island in East Nusa Tenggara Indonesia

Abstract

Research on the Competitiveness of Seaweed Cultivation business in Sawu island as a remote island in East Nusa Tenggara, aims to determine the competitiveness of seaweed cultivation and to determine the effect of changes in external factors on the competitiveness of the seaweed cultivation business. Field data collection was carried out in December 2020 - January 2021. The results showed that the seaweed cultivation business in the research location had a competitive advantage and comparative advantage, with PCR (competitive) value of 0.70 and DRC (comparative) value of 0.79. The results of the sensitivity analysis showed that the competitiveness of the seaweed cultivation business at the study site did not change due to changes in external factors. Even when production decreased by 25%, seaweed cultivation business still had competitiveness, which was illustrated by the PCR value and DRC value are respectively 0.80 and 0.84, but when production decreased to 50%, seaweed cultivation business did not have competitiveness, which was indicated by the PCR value is 1.20 and the DRC value is 1.26.