Al Mashaadir : Jurnal Ilmu Syariah doi.org/10.52029/jis.v4i1.132 Al Mashaadir : Jurnal Ilmu Syariah, Vol. 04 No. 01, June 2023 12 Entrepreneurship: Problems and Opportunities for Satoimo Taro Cultivation at Ummul Ayman Islamic Boarding School, Pidie Jaya Arinal Rahmati 1* , Indrayani 2 , Razif 3 1 STIS Ummul Ayman, Pidie Jaya 23 Universitas Malikussaleh, Lhokseumawe *Corresponddence Email: arinalrahmati@gmail.com ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the problems and opportunities of satoimo taro cultivation at the Ummul Ayman Islamic boarding school, Pidie Jaya. This research is a qualitative descriptive study with primary data. The informants in this study were the leaders of the Ummul Ayman Islamic boarding school and students who were engaged in satoimo taro cultivation. The results showed that the problems in satoimo taro cultivation were caused by the inability of good management by the students, narrow product marketing space, lack of product reliability, lack of innovation and creativity, lack of cooperation, lack of government assistance. Meanwhile, in terms of opportunities, this plant has the potential to become an export commodity in China, the vast amount of vacant land within the Ummul Ayman Islamic Boarding School that is provided, as well as the specific time allocation for Islamic boarding school students to grow crops and do entrepreneurship. Keywords: Boarding School, Entrepreneur, Import Export, Santri, Satoimo Taro ABSTRAK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji permasalahan dan peluang budidaya talas satoimo di pondok pesantren Ummul Ayman, Pidie Jaya. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif dengan data primer. Informan dalam penelitian ini adalah pimpinan pondok pesantren Ummul Ayman dan santri yang bergelut di bidang budidaya talas satoimo. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa permasalahan dalam budidaya talas satoimo disebabkan oleh ketidakmampuan pengelolaan yang baik oleh para santri, sempitnya ruang pemasaran produk, kurangnya reliabilitas produk, kurangnya inovasi dan kreatifitas, kurangnya kerjasama, kurangnya pendampingan pemerintah. Sedangkan dari sisi peluang, tanaman ini berpotensi sebagai komoditas ekspor di China, luasnya tanah kosong yang berada di lingkungan Ponpes Ummul Ayman yang disediakan, serta alokasi waktu yang spesifik bagi santri pesantren untuk bercocok tanam dan berwirausaha. Kata Kunci: Enterpreneur, Impor Ekspor, Pesantren, Santri, Talas Satoimo INTRODUCTION One of the educational institutions that has developed in Indonesia is the Islamic boarding school, which has contributed a lot to education and preaching in the field of religion. But along with the times, the institution began to transform and expand its role to the economic realm. This is indicated by the existence of education since high school