Current Condition of Agroindustrial Supply Chain of Cassava Products: A Case Survey of East Java, Indonesia

As an agricultural product, cassava is recognized as a special commodity which has high potential for local and export product. High production cost and low selling price are still become common problem faced by farmers. These common problem leads to low income for the farmers. The opinion to cassava product as unimportance product with low profit has consequence to make low of institution involvement to this product. The objective of this research was to evaluate the current condition of supply chain of cassava products. Direct visit to the farmers and discussion with some industries were implemented to this research. Sampling method was used to reach accurate data from farmers and industries in each research area. It was starting from the industries which use cassava as raw material for production process. The result revealed that strong involvement actors in supply chain of cassava product were farmers, big and small collectors, industries (processors or producer), food store and consumers. The details of flow of material, financial and information were identified in this research. Added value of selected products of cassava also explained is this paper.