Can Indonesia export vegetables? A feasibility study on the development of vegetables export to taiwan using a business partnership framework

¹ Department of Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Trunojoyo Madura, Indonesia
² Department of Biology, Faculty of Military Mathematics and Natural Science, Indonesia Defense University, Indonesia
³ National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: ifan.kurniyanto@trunojoyo.ac.id

Abstract

Indonesia has various vegetable potentials that can be developed as export commodities. Taiwan is one of the countries with high potential as a destination for vegetable exports. AIM is a company that develop its business by exporting vegetables. In its activities, AIM faces challenges in maintaining the quality, quantity, and continuity of vegetable supplies for export. This research aimed to develop a sustainable business model for vegetable exports from Indonesia to Taiwan, focusing on a partnership framework then consider a feasibility study of the business model was carried out using two scenarios were evaluated: self-planting by AIM and partnering with local farmers. The results of the study showed that the business model by partnering with farmers is the best scenario with a higher feasibility value. The study revealed that the partnership model with farmers resulted in a 1.21 times higher income for AIM compared to the self-planting scenario. It reflected that the success of the business model that involves partnerships with farmers in increasing the quantity, quality, continuity of exported vegetable products. The partnership model not only enhances AIM’s profitability but also ensures the sustainability and competitiveness of Indonesian vegetable exports.