Public Policy Drives to Increase the Effectiveness Chain Management of Tilapia Business

Abstract

This research aims to study the context, problems and obstacles in the management of the Nile Tilapia business to finding ways to drive public policy to increase the effectiveness of the Nile Tilapia business chain by using the mixed methodology that consists of qualitative research by in-depth interviews expert. Quantitative research; the questionnaire was used by tilapia farmers. The research found that the problems and obstacles in managing the tilapia business are: upstream are 1) High cost of production of tilapia. 2) Lack of knowledge. 3) Lack of technology. 4) Lack of land. 5) Lack of water in dry season. 6) Disease and natural disaster 7) Lack of Tilapia 8) Lack of quality and standard 9) Public policy not conducive to implementation 10) Lack of co-integration with the government. Midstream are 1) Being exploited by middlemen 2) Lack of integration of farmers and downstream are 1) Price and market mechanism 2) Lack of market 3) Lack of campaign for consumption of tilapia. While proper public policy drives to increase the effectiveness of current tilapia business chain management as; upstream are 1) Access to necessary information and exchange of knowledge. 2) Support of inputs. 3) Farmer participation and private sector participation. 4) Increase farmers' participation in Tilapia Management. 5) Introduce Sufficiency Economy Philosophy. 6) Support farmers to gain access to funding sources 2) Encouraged to strong leaders and downstream are 1) have sufficient channels of distribution 2) promote income generation and expansion of opportunities of Tilapia farming for farmers and communities.