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Internal External
Strength S
1. Cassava is available. 2. Basic skills are simple.
3. Facility and equipment are small scale.
4. Manpower is abundant. 5. Support is available in policy
and programs
Weakness W
1. Indigenous technique is used.
2. Equipment and technique are not developed.
3. Efficiency and recovery are low.
4. Quality of Aci varies without standard.
5. Information access to market is limited.
Opportunity O
1. Aci is absorbed at local market.
2. Domestic market is large. 3. Ministry and local
government urge SSTA development.
4. SSTA is a rural economic foundation.
5. Aci is a commodity for local food industries.
SO
1. SSTA increases production capacity.
S
1-4
: O
1,2,5
2. Market is deployed in local food industries.
S
5
: O
1-5
3. Local government and institution can extend
more support to SSTA. S
1-3
: O
3-4
WO
1. Development of processing skill is
needed. W
1-3
: O
1,2,5
2. Quality standard is established.
W4 : O
1-3,5
3. Institution extends RD support.
W
1-5
: O
3-5
Threat T
1. Aci competitive ability is low. 2. Tighter competition either
domestic or imported products. 3. Business facilities for SSTA
are less. 4. Utility of tariff hike increases
operational costs. 5. Interpretation on regional
autonomy causes unfavorable climate.
ST
1. Linkage or cluster is developed to foster their
power. S
1-5
, T
1-3
2. Approach is developed for empowerment.
S
1-5
, T
4-5
3. Local government provides supporting
policy. S
1-3
,T
1-4
WT
1. Academic linkage is applied.
W
1-3
: T
1-2
2. Partnership between cassava and Aci
producers is established.
W
2,4
: T
1-5
3. Master plan is formulated for future
deployment. W
1-5
: T
1-5
Figure 15 Strategy development by SWOT matrix
F. Implication of Quality Assurance Strategy
Upon the results from QFD and SWOT, these results are implicated each other to identify comprehensive strategies for SSTA. As shown in the appendix26,
technical importance, requirement, and correlation are implicated into the results of SWOT analysis.
1. Cassava procurement
56 Cassava procurement is the most important and it must be more aggressive
in both quantitative and qualitative. 1 Contract farming under partnership or cluster formation in order to keep
consistent procurement at every month. 2 Cassava variety improvement is done by cassava producer.
3 Local government supports the formation of partnership or cluster.
2. Smashing and sieving
Smashing effects the quality of Aci fineness and particle size and recovery ratio, and it is correlated to sieving process.
1 Smashing device and sieving method must be improved. 2 RD on this subject is applied under academic institution and SSTA linkage.
3 One of RD topics is dynamic sieving development.
3. Sun drying
Sun drying is a very significant process of Aci production in terms of whiteness, moldy smell, and moisture affecting the quality of Aci.
1 RD is also applied to develop sun drying method and simple device. 2 This subject includes Ampas sun drying.
4. Grinding dried Aci
Grinding has a medium relationship to contaminant and variety of cassava and a very positive correlation with marketing Aci. For grinding the dried Aci, a
wire- net plate is used producing very coarse Aci. 1 A wire-net plate should be improve to process more fine Aci by RD.
2 Quality standard or guideline is needed to identify the characteristics of Aci. 3 Local government supports this matter and institutions concerned play the role
to establish the standard or appropriate guideline.
5. Marketing
Marketing of Aci is the second important in relationship, and is mostly addressed to tapioca producer and it is also of importance to supply good quality
Aci to tapioca producer and other home industry. 1 Deployment and diversification of Aci market should be implemented.
2 For this purpose, market research is carried out by local government and institution as a baseline study.
3 Again, quality standard or guideline is needed to diversify Aci market.
57 Table 20 Comprehensive strategy by quadrant
S-O Strategy Comprehensive Strategy
More production 1. Productivity increase
2. Variety improvement Partnership
1. Sharing cassava 2. Procurement management
RD linkage 1. Skill improvement
2. Processing improvement
1. SSTA increases production capacity. S1-4 : O1,2,5
2. Market is deployed in local food industries. S5 : O1-5
3. Local government and institution extend more support.
S1-3 : O3-4
Marketing 1. Customer deployment
2. New customer development
W-O Strategy Comprehensive Strategy
Processing improvement 1. Sieving technology
2. Drying technology 3. Quality improvement
RD linkage 1. Skill improvement
2. Device improvement 3. Market development
1. Development of processing skill is needed. W1-3 : O1,2,5
2. Quality standard is established. W4 : O1-3,5
3. Institution extends RD support. W1-5 : O3-5
Govern ment support 1. Aci standard development
2. Marketing program 3. Social support program
S-T Strategy Comprehensive Strategy
Cassava procurement 1. Time shift cultivation
2. Consistent procurement Linkage or cluster
1. Partnership 2. Cluster
KOPTAR, ITTARA 1. Linkage or cluster is developed to foster their
power. S1-5 : T1-3
2. Approach is developed for empowerment. S1-5 : T4-5
3. Local government provides supporting policy. S1-3 :T1-4
SSTA Empowerment 1. Cluster formation
2. Partnership establishment 3. Rural social capital development
Micro credit, good customs
W-T Strategy Comprehensive Strategy
Partnership 1. Sharing cassava
2. Procurement management RD linkage
1. Efficiency and recovery 2. Device improvement
3. Processing technique 1. Academic linkage is applied.
W1-3 : T1-2 2. Partnership between cassava and Aci producers is
established. W2,4 : T1-5
3. Master plan is formulated for future deployment. W1-5 : T1-5
Master plan 1. Producer base plan
2. Stakeholder participation
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3. Long sight plan
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V. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
A. Conclusion
In the processing of the tuber to produce Aci, the attributes and factors in determining its importance and processing factors include procurement of raw
material and marketing Aci in local food industries to be used for quality assurance development. The importance of attributes regarding the tuber can be
determined by QFD including HOQ while SWOT can be applied to develop the strategy of SSTA.
FGD ensure the importance of quality assurance and the identification of factors related to the quality assurance is concluded by the requirement of raw
material quality and the technical importance in processing steps of producing Aci.
1. Attribute of cassava quality required
To produce better quality of Aci, the attributes are identified in the following priority order. It means that the freshness of cassava after harvest is the
most important concerned subject. The second important attribute is discoloration of Aci. This is related to the time when cassava is harvested, and longer time after
harvest makes more deterioration of cassava quality. The following is an importance of attribute which are in order 1 freshness, 2 discoloration, 3
contaminant, 4 variety of cassava, and 5 size of tuber. In the target rating of attribute importance, discoloration and contaminant
should be treated appropriate in the processing, and also variety of cassava and size of tuber are still needed to address the current varieties to be improved while
freshness is satisfied in the requirement.
2. Technical importance
In the identification of tuber processing steps, the top three factors of importance are 1 marketing, 2 sun drying, and 3 cassava procurement, followed
by pulverizing and packing, washing and smashing, sieving and sedimentation, and waste handling.
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