A STUDY ON AFFECTING FACTORS OF WHITE-NEST SWIFTLET (COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA) FARMING PERFORMANCE IN HAURGEULIS DISTRICT, INDRAMAYU REGENCY

Abstract

Indonesia is a major supplier of Edible-nest swiftlet to China, reaching 102 million USD in 2017. Products of Edible-nest swiftlet, containing very high glycoproteins, are exported to China by Indonesia which come  from Java, included Haurgeulis District, Indramayu Regency. White-nest businesses in that area have been developed since 1950s although the productivity subsequently decline in the rate of deforestation of the concession area nowadays. These problems are henceforth set as the focus of the study, based on the inference Malcom Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence (MBCfPE). The purpose of this study is to recognize the association white-nest business performance. Some internal factors, observed as the endogenous-predictor factors of business performance, include achievement-motivation factor, strategic planning, technical aspects and technologies, guanxi (personal relationship), and leadership. Surveillance activities is undertaken by using simple random sampling with questionnaire method for collecting the data, followed by using path analysis method for testing the hypothesis of the association. The test results show that all of internal factor have significant effect on the performance of the white-nest business by the leadership intervening. The leadership factor is the largest influence for managing white-nest swiftlet (Collocalia fuciphaga) farming performance which has the straight influence to business performance. The association of each internal factors and the white-nest business performance described by a structural model.