SWOT ANALYSIS AND RISK ASSESSMENT MATRIX ON GARLIC SEED FARMING IN KARANGANYAR

Abstract

Agriculture is a type of production activity which is based on the growth process of plants and animals. Farming is an organizational unity between work, capital and management that is shown to obtain production in agriculture. Farming to be more productive and efficient efforts must be made to manage and manage farming. Factors that influence farming can be classified into two things, namely internal and external factors of farming. SWOT analysis is the systematic identification of various factors to formulate a strategy. SWOT analysis is based on logic that can maximize strengths, opportunities, but can simultaneously minimize weaknesses and threats. SWOT is an abbreviation of internal factors, namely Strength and Weakness and external factors, namely opportunities and threats faced. SWOT analysis compares the external factors of opportunity and Threat with the internal factors of strengths and weaknesses. This study uses a SWOT Analysis and Risk Assessment Matrix and the risks are classified as critical. From the results of the study there are four risks to the farm that are classified as critical according to the risk assessment matrix results, namely Pests Attack on garlic seeds (9a), Diseases on garlic seeds (9b), Plants are too dense and many weeds (8a) and Plants are less fertile due to too much weed (8b). To reduce the level of risk and the level of failure in the process of farming garlic seeds, it is necessary to mitigate the risks of those classified as critical risks.

Keywords

• SWOT
• risk
• risk assessment matrix
• risk identification
• critical risk
• garlic seed
• farming