Identification of the Major Agricultural Potential and Commodity Potential of Major Food Plant and ItsGrowth in OKU Regency

This research aims to analyse and identify` the major of agricultural potencial sector and agricultural sub sector, identified the commodity potency of the major food plant sub sector, and to analyse the growth of food plant sub sector in OKU District. The result shown that the potency of agricultural sector in OKU District start on 2001 to 2011 were the major sector. Agricultural sub sector that analysed with Location Quotient Analysis on agricultural sector in OKU District on 2001 to 2011, were estate and livestock, meanwhile food plant sub sector, forestry and fishery were not the major sector. The major food plant sub sector in OKU District from 12 sub district in OKU were : Lengkiti sub district (paddy fields, corn, and sweet potato), Sosoh Buay Rayap sub district (paddy fields, corn, peanut and cassava), Pengandonan sub district (paddy fields, and corn), Semidang Aji sub district (paddy fields and corn), Ulu Ogan sub district (paddy fields, soy bean, peanut, green bean, cassava and sweet potato), Muara Jaya sub district (paddy fields), Peninjauan sub district (paddy fields, soy bean, green bean and cassava), Sinar Peninjauan sub district (paddy fields, peanut, cassava and sweet potato), Lubuk Raja sub district (corn, peanut, and sweet potato), Lubuk Batang sub district (paddy fields), East Baturaja sub district (peanut, green bean and cassava) and West Baturaja sub district (paddy fields, corn, peanut, green bean, cassava and a little bit of sweet potato. The growth of food plant sub sector was analyzed by shift share analyzing from 2009 to 2012 in OKU district had a faster growth actually.

Keywords - component : Potencial identified, major sub sector, food plant sub sector and major commodity.