Model for the development of Cocoa Agribusiness Institutions for Increasing the Welfare of the People of West Sulawesi, Indonesia Zulkifli Basri1,4, Sitti Bulkis2, Muhammad Arsyad2*, Muhammad Farid BDR3
1Agriculture Science Program, Graduate School, Hasanuddin University. Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan Km.10, Makassar, South Sulawesi, 90245, Indonesia.
2 Department of Agricultural Socio-economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Hasanuddin. Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan Km.10, Makassar, South Sulawesi, 90245, Indonesia.
3Department of Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Hasanuddin. Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan Km.10, Makassar, South Sulawesi, 90245, Indonesia.
4 Department of Agricultural Socio-economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Al Asyariah Mandar. Jl. Budi Utomo No.2, Polewali Mandar, West Sulawesi, 90245, Indonesia.
Abstract
Efforts to improve cocoa quality can be done by improving the upstream subsystem or at the production level, in this case at the farmer level which is in the weakest position. However, quality improvement will be difficult to realize if it only depends on farmers who still apply traditional farming methods. The development of cocoa plantations as a superior commodity in West Sulawesi has the development of industrial clusters that are of concern to both the government and stakeholders including universities with various activities including providing assistance , development, and application of technology to increase the competitiveness of organizations in the global market. This study uses a comprehensive literature study method for the publication of articles with the same title. Articles were obtained from the digital database of the Google scholar website, Researchgate, ScienceDirect, and other online journal sources. The mobilization and utilization of community-based economic resources at an early stage, such as community empowerment, also requires sponsorship and support from the government so that local communities can gain access to local economic resources capable of creating added value through the opening of productive and competitive economic business units. The institutional model of agribusiness is very much the foundation of an institution in developing. Partnership agribusiness institution, this institution consists of various stakeholders who have different duties and responsibilities but have the same goal, namely to develop cocoa agribusiness to grow the technology-based economy of local communities through integrated and sustainable business integration.
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