COMMERCIALIZATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN JAVA ISLAND, INDONESIA
ABSTRACT: The benefit and
transaction cost flow which people earn economically and socially from wild
medicinal plant harvesting are addressed in this study. The objectives of this study are three
aspects: defining how many users are involved in utilization of medicinal plant
raw materials (MPRM), how users describing their perception and motivation and
describing benefit and transaction cost which influence users to harvest the
plants. Results showed that utilization of medicinal plants in Java is still
widely used as commercial products then medical services. There are 41
stakeholders who involved in this study and the highest motivation and
perception in production and industrial clusters are economic interest. But
stakeholder's perception and motivation in traditional healthcare cluster is
social interest. The different motivation and perception in both clusters
causing stakeholder who are work in traditional healthcare lack of market
information, but they are important if the government will improve the
traditional medicine. Recommendation of
this study is that medicinal plants need further research and product
development which can help to expand the medicinal plant culture area in the
natural forest. By this reason,
government should develop good political will to increase the medicinal plant
resources for public healthcare.
KEYWORDS: benefit; transaction
cost; medicinal plant; stakeholder; commerce
Penulis: Ignatius Adi Nugroho,
Dodik Ridho Nurrochmat, Hardjanto
Kode Jurnal: jpkehutanangg160014
