Study of Sectoral Superior Products in Southeast Sulawesi Province

Abstract

order to accelerate development in Southeast Sulawesi Province, and (2) studying and analyzing economically the superior sector products which include production volume, price level, and marketing. This is an alternative in accelerating and expanding development, both regionally, nationally and internationally. The expected benefits of this research, namely for the community to be able to know and utilize the basic sector which is a superior product as a primary or secondary need in organizing their lives. For the government, it can be useful as a policy maker and decision maker in order to accelerate development. Meanwhile, for scientists, it can be useful as an application of the economic theory of sectoral development in connection with the discovery of the basic sector and is a superior sectoral product in Southeast Sulawesi Province. The method used in this research is a participatory approach and FGD (Focus Group Discussion) with the community who utilizes the superior sectoral product. While the analytical tools used are descriptive qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative descriptive includes a study/description of the conditions of the community who utilize the superior sectoral product from an economic aspect. Meanwhile, quantitative studies describe the dependent and independent variables of production factors that significantly influence the products of the leading sector. The formulation used to determine the base sector is the Location Quotient (LQ).