Regional Development Plan Based on Leading Agricultural Commodities in Pasaman Regency, West Sumatera Province, Indonesia

Abstract

In preparing the direction of the regional development plan, it is necessary to pay attention to determining the main focus of development. One of the strategies that can be used in Pasaman Regency is to develop areas based on leading agricultural commodities. This study aims to provide direction for regional development plan based on leading commodities in Pasaman Regency. The area that became the object of research consisted of 12 sub-districts and 62 nagari (villages). In determining the sub-district's leading commodities, each nagari is represented by 2 respondents so that the total number of respondents entirely is 124 people. For the preparation of directions for regional development plan based on leading commodities, interviews were carried out with 5 experts using the AHP questionnaires. The results showed that the leading commodities of food crops in Pasaman Regency were paddy field, rainfed paddy field and corn with a suitable land area of 4.197,9 ha, while the leading commodities of plantation crops were rubber, cocoa and oil palm with a suitable land area of 15.880,3 ha. There are three levels of regional development in Pasaman Regency, namely hierarchy I, II and III. Two sub-districts are included in hierarchy I, five sub-districts are included in hierarchy II, and five sub-districts are included in Hierarchy III. Priority for the direction of the regional development plan based on leading commodities in Pasaman Regency is ordered from priority 1 to priority 12. The results of this study can be used as a reference in preparing the direction of regional development plan based on leading commodities in Pasaman Regency.