| dc.description.abstract | In order to accelerate regional developmen,~ it is necessary to have
profound analysis and study on commodity potency, growth pattern, and
economic structure of that region so that they can help the government formulate
and implement regional development program. The objective of the study was to
find out 1) the high-ranking commodity, 2) the pattern and growth of the
economic structure, and 3) the performance productivity and the shtft in economic
structure in Nias Barat Regency.
The research used the series of secondary data.from 2010 uniil 2014, that
is, P DRB (Gross Domestic Regional Product) from BPS (Central Bureau of
Statistics) Qf Nias Regency, commodity data from the Agriculture Agency of Nias
Barat Regency, and North Sumatera Province. The data were analyzed by using
Location Quotient (LQ) analysis, Typology Analysis, and Shift-Share Analysis.
The result of the research, based on the mean value of productio1; with
LQ, showed that high-ranking commodity of Nias Barat Regency in food crop
sub-sector such as yam and cassava was at the LQ value of 7.56 and 1.05
respectively, in horticulture sub-sector such as swamp cabbage and chili it was at
the LQ value of 1.47 and 1.34 respectively, in the plantation sub-sector such as
coconut and cocoa it was at the LQ value of 4.16 and 2. 85 respectively. The result
of Klassen Typology showed that in the economic growth and structure of Nias
Barat Regency, {here is the prime sector in electric and gas supply, while the
other sectors were categorized as underdeveloped ones. The result of shift-share
analysis shm;.,·ed that productivity and the shift of economic structure in Nias
Baral Regency did not change in which agricultural sector had the biggest
contribution to PDRB, while processing industrial and service sectors developed
slowly, but the total PDRB had undergone productivity growth of 25% in the last
five years. | en_US |
