| dc.description.abstract | This study entitled "Analysis of Regional Featured Commodity and Sector base in Simalungun Regency". The study is using secondary data which is using descriptive approachment as the method. The data which collected is the work task data of agriculture department in Simalungun; Data in the agricultural sector and in Simalungun through various sources and other relatives which had been collected; including agriculture department, department of plantations, Bappeda, BPS North Sumatra, BPS Simalungun and the results of study and literature that supports this study. This research is motivated by the phenomenon of the excellent potential in Simalungun that has not been used optimally for the development of economic growth and construction of society. This study aims to identify and analyze the basis sectors that have competitive advantage and specialization in the area of research as well as trying to determine the regional development strategy based on sectors and commodities. To analyze the development of planning and regional development, especially in terms of optimizing the potential of commodities, then performed the analysis using Location Quotient (LQ Analysis). Based on the results of research by using analysis of location quotient (LQ) obtained that the base was agricultural sector and the sector of services. Then to know better about shift of contribution (proportional and differential shift) and contribution for the broader economic system (share) then use the shift and share analysis method. The results of study using shift share analysis shows that in the period 2009 - 2013, GDP of Simalungun Regency experienced the increase of value of Rp 75,811.82 billion. This can be seen by the total value 0f the share shift in all sectors of podtive economic activity. The increase in economic performance of Simalungun mainly contributed by the top three economic sector, such as; Agriculture Sector, Services Sector and Manufacturing Sectors. The three sectors of the economy in Simalungun during the observation period have large value of shift share where the sector showed that the higher level of competitiveness compared to the same sector at the level of the economy of North Sumatra. Shift Differential value which is negative and relatively low indicates that the economic sector is suffering a descendant of relative competitiveness to the same economic sector at the provincial level. As the top commodity in the agricultural sector are eligible to be developed are the subsector commodities such as oil palm plantations, Robusta coffee, Arabica coffee, chocolate, cloves, pepper, sugar palm, Pinang, Tobacco and Vanilla and the commodities in the sub-sector of food crops such as paddy fields , Maize, Cassava and Sweet Potato. In an effort to develop the superior commodities, suggested to the district government to develop those leading commodities of Simalungun in the better way. Otherwise that suggested in the process of regional development keenly to maximize the power in exploiting opportunities which exist through a development strategy that has been compiled by the local government so that threats and weaknesses can be avoided or even can be transformed into new powers if it does an observation and training in the better way next future. It is expected that those development strategy can deliver positive resuts in the planning of development programs in the next period. | en_US |
