SEAS (Sustainable Environment Agricultural Science)
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Volume 5, Number 2, October 2021, Pages:163~172 http://dx.doi.org/10.22225/seas.5.2.4028.163-172
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E-ISSN 2614-0934
Marketing Channels and Margin of Coconut Palm Sugar in The Srikandi
Women’s Cooperative in Purworejo, Central Java, Indonesia
Nurlaila Fatmawati
1
, Aulia Rahmawati
2
1
Agrotechnology Department, Ma’arif Nahdlatul Ulama University (UMNU) Kebumen, Indonesia
2
Agrotechnology Department, Ma’arif Nahdlatul Ulama University (UMNU) Kebumen, Indonesia
Coresponding author. e-mail: fatmawati.nurlaila95@gmail.com
Abstract
Coconut palm sugar is one of the sweetener ingredients that are familiar in the society. The advantages
of Coconut palm sugar in terms of nutrition have enthusiasts to foreign countries. This good market opportunity
is utilized by the Srikandi Women's Cooperative to expand the reach of consumers. Coconut palm sugar
Srikandi could reach the market in accordance with organic certificates that were Europe, America, Australia
and Sri Lanka. This study aims to identify the marketing channels, marketing margins, farmer's share and the
analysis of profit-to-cost ratios. The type of research used by the survey method. The research location was
chosen by probability sampling method, The type of probability sampling selected is stratified random
sampling which is disproportionate that this technique is used to determine the number of samples when the
sample population of the region is less proportional that was in Loano District and Kaligesing District,
Purworejo Regency as an object and coconut palm sugar tapper who is a member of Srikandi Women's
Cooperative as the subject. The most efficient marketing channel research resulted with a marketing margin
value of Rp. 15,000 / kg, farmer's share value of 53.13% on the channel III and the value of profit and cost
ratio of 11.57 are found on the channel I.
Keywords: coconut palm sugar, marketing channels, marketing margins, farmer's share, the analysis of profit-
to-cost ratios
1. Introduction
Purworejo has quite a lot of plantation potential. Coconut becomes the largest plantation crop
commodity and the most production. In addition, coconut is also one of the leading commodities in
Purworejo [1]. Based on data from the Purworejo Regency marine food and fisheries agriculture
office in 2018-2019, coconut has an area of 24,411.94 Ha (2018) and 24,667.23 Ha (2019) as well
as production of 43,718.21 tons (2018) and 12,747.66 tons (2019) [2].
Coconut (Cocos nucivera L.) is a plantation plant of the palmae family that almost all parts can
be utilized. The coconut tree is called the tree of life because every part of it is economically valuable.
[3]. In addition to producing fruit that can be processed into various products of economic value,
another product that is no less important than coconut is nira. Nira is obtained by tapping bunches of
flowers [4]. This wiretap is marked with yellow fruit [5].
Fresh nira takes a quick time to changed (fermented) when in the open air. Additional
ingredients are needed that serve to maintain the freshness of coconut nira in order to maintain its
quality. Nira can be processed into coconut sugar and is produced in Purworejo Regency [6]. One of
the additional ingredients that are usually used by sugar palm craftsmen (crystal sugar) is to mix nira
with laru made from mangosteen peel and betel lime. If the nira is damaged, then the process of
making sugar palm becomes disturbed, where the color of nira becomes yellowish and the resulting
sugar cannot crystallize and easily absorb water [7].