Penerapan Metode AHP Untuk Menentukan Komoditas Unggulan Pertanian Kabupaten Pulang Pisau, Kalimantan Tengah

Abstract

Research aimed to determine leading agricultural commodities in District of Pulang Pisau. Research was done from March to August 2010. Priority rank to determine leading commodities was found by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method based on consideration and normatif perseption of key informants in terms of such criteria as: opportunity to accept unskill labours, need of investment, intensifity, availability of production input, endogen factor: community acceptance, accessiblity to market, price of product, absorption of labour, and contribution to economy. Key informants’ perception is quantified by scoring number and pairwisely compared before processed by AHP procedure. The result of research confirmed commodities which are rubber, wetland and dryland paddy, cow, broiller chicken, and coconut in descending order as leading agricultural commodities in District of Pulang Pisau. These commodities need to administrate in formal regulation as a government law so that there will tie any stakeholders’ commitment to stick the commodities to high priority development.