Japan's village industry

Japan's village industry

In his recent visit to Japan, East Java Governor Basofi
Soedirman was impressed by the "one village, one product"
concept.

On returning home he envisaged implementing the concept in his
province. In our view, analysis of local needs and constraints
should be made before this concept is carried out.

So far, one village in East Java produces a variety of
products. Its strength is that if one product does not do well in
the market, other products may. The reverse also seems to be
true.

One village, one product certainly requires more
professionalism. Its weakness is that if the product is not
successful in the market, the whole village will suffer.

So it would seem that diversification of products in a given
village is still needed. Perhaps a more realistic approach would
be to improve a certain product along with efforts to reduce the
number of products in a village.

-- Surabaya Post