AGRICULTURAL SECTOR BLESSINGS IN THE PANDEMIC PERIOD

Bali's development strategy is still placed on three main sectors namely the tourism sector, agriculture sector and small industry handicraft sector. It is undeniable that before the pandemic Covid-19 tourism sector became the flagship sector both in its contribution to the original revenue of the region, as well as its contribution in the absorption of labor. The agricultural sector under the shadow of the greatness of tourism sector is not able to follow the trail of tourism sector due to various limitations that exist in the agriculture sector. The most prominent limitation is that this sector has not been able to produce products that comply with the standards required by the tourism sector, so that the needs of agricultural materials in tourism sector is still imported into other regions or countries. Both workers of agriculture sector who want to feel the glitz tourism sector can not compete because of the skills and skills that are not in accordance with the needs of tourism/this gap has created the relevance of the agricultural sector with the tourism sector is low.

The low leakages or interconnectedness between the agricultural sector and the tourism sector make certain difficulties in the agriculture sector related to marketing, the guarantee of subsidies to improper production means and the development of uncertain prices due to the game of capital owners and collecting merchants. This phenomenon makes the interest of young people to be involved in the very low agriculture sector is usually more interested in the tourism sector and tourism support. Thus the remaining in the agriculture sector is a old workforce’s with low productivity, knowledge of information and technology is very limited so that the creation of value added economy is also low. The lack of innovation and new breakthrough, more leads to the work that is passed down gradually make creativity in farming monotonous, mastery of the natural factor of minimal plus less dare in taking the risk, the practical farming is like to surrender to destiny so that farmers such as receiving in a prolonged supply.

Time and Post Pandemic

The tourism sector is recognized as a highly vulnerable sector, both by internal domestic and external events. Safety and comfort issues, political turmoil, unconducive international relations, natural disasters and disease outbreaks can have a major impact on tourism. As it is now with the outbreak of the Covid-19 plague has been the reproaches of the ever-increasing and growing tourism stability. The outbreak of the disease has created a direct impact on the employment involved in the world of tourism. Initially marked by a shift in the work, followed by the Labor and the last is marked by termination of employment (LAYOFFS) so that there is a long line of unemployment in the community. Hardly anyone can predict when will the end of this pandemic, even though the signs of community activities began to be loosened, but the record proves that the society affected by this virus is getting more and more. This means that the activity is not necessarily safe.

Meanwhile, Labor that suffered from termination of employment obviously could not have a longer hand. Government assistance for those affected is also not reliable in the long term on the other side of the family must be met with their needs then inevitably they should work and produce. Those who used to work in the tourism sector and supporting tourism mostly come from villages that try their luck in the city. With such an incident, the most possible alternative is to return to the village and to be involved in the agriculture sector. There are two gains to be harvested from such conditions that are: first, those who return home to the country are the average human resources with the classification of manpower with very productive age, thus their productive are certainly higher than the old workforce’s being abandoned. This means there is a new stamina injection in the agriculture sector. Second, as the limitations and interest was attracted by the agriculture sector, a moment to implement a process of effort such as planting, production, preservation and even while the harvest is almost entirely using a very rare workforce, which is not rarely derived from other districts. There is a production fee to employ the workforce. Now with the return of the young workforce to the village with a lot of experience, it is no longer necessary to labor because they will be able to work so that from the cost of production can be reduced. This will increase the acceptance of farmers due to reduced production costs. These two advantages should be underlined as events for the revival of the agricultural sector.

Another support is that with restrictions made almost all countries clearly affect the distribution of goods especially related to exports and imports. Once agricultural products are dominated by imported products, it is time for local agricultural products to take the place to take over the position. The large number of people is a tremendous market potential, while in any situation such as agricultural products is always needed, it is time for local farms to show their fares to replace rampant imported product positions during this period.

This optimism will come true when it comes to the support of the community and government. The community supports the way of familiarizing consuming local products, government support is making a kind of buffer body in such a way that will help farmers to market and further production process (agro industry) and think about the development of technology. On the shoulders of farmers are production, production and production. No longer charged on other issues. Further marketing and processing problems are government duties by making synergism between the agriculture sector, the industrial sector and the trade sector. Bravo agriculture sector, hopefully the alignments of agriculture sector come from all over.....