Analysis of the Development Processed Snakehead Crackers in Supporting Community Economic Empowerment in Tapin Regency, South Kalimantan

The development of processed snakehead product business has received attention from the government through various community empowerment programs based on fisheries. The approach used is the development of the snakehead cracker processing industry which aims to improve community welfare and strengthen local economic competitiveness. The study aims to analyze the feasibility of the snakehead cracker processed product business in Tapin Regency, South Kalimantan Province as a source of community income. The location of the study was carried out in the Tapin Regency area of South Kalimantan Province. The selection of the research location was in Candi Laras Selatan Selatan District and Tapin Selatan District which are basically the centers of the household industry for processing fishery products, especially processed snakehead crackers in Tapin Regency. Sampling of the feasibility of the snakehead cracker business was carried out intentionally on 3 research respondents, where 2 respondents were processors from Candi Laras Selatan District and 1 respondent was a cracker processor in Tapin Selatan District. Data analysis was business profit, Return Cost Ratio (R/C), Payback Period (PP) and Break Event Point (BEP). The feasibility of processed snakehead cracker products in Tapin Regency, South Kalimantan Province as a source of income for the community, namely from 3 business actors, shows that all of them make a profit, with the highest value in Mama Manah's business of IDR 4,123,611 per month of production, an R/C value of 2.6 indicating high business efficiency, and the fastest Payback Period (PP) of 0.1 times production. This business also has the lowest break-even point (BEP) both in terms of production of 1,510 units and price of IDR 7,579. Keywords: Processed Products, Snakehead, Business Feasibility, Tapin Regency