Research Article
Madura Salt Industry Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.30-11-2020.2303765, author={Prasetyo Nugroho and Aprilina Susandini and Darul Islam}, title={Madura Salt Industry Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social Science, Humanities, Education and Society Development, ICONS 2020, 30 November, Tegal, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICONS}, year={2021}, month={1}, keywords={madura salt covid-19 salt industry}, doi={10.4108/eai.30-11-2020.2303765} }- Prasetyo Nugroho
Aprilina Susandini
Darul Islam
Year: 2021
Madura Salt Industry Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
ICONS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.30-11-2020.2303765
Abstract
Salt is an essential part of our everyday lives. Aside from household consumptions, salt is also used in industrial sector e.g. for chemical mixture and food preservative compound. Historically, coastal areas of East Java region has been well-known for its high quality salt production. In the last few months, the world’s economy has been disrupted heavily due to a pandemic known as COVID-19. Salt industry in Indonesia was no exception to this disruption, causing a dramatic decrease in salt demand from industrial sector due to massive and nationwide business interruptions. This research analyzed this problem with a qualitative approach to describe the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic thoroughly to salt industry in Madura, East Java region of Indonesia. Snowball sampling method was used due to the existence of key informations. COVID-19 pandemic was causing a severe consequences to the salt industry. It can be seen from the fact that there are a large amont of undistributed salt products due to public concern of possible coronavirus exposure in the products. The government’s policy regarding social distancing and interregional travel restrictions has not made this problem any easier to solve.