Land Dynamics of Cocoa Plantations Towards Healthy Landscape

Abstract

North Luwu Regency is one of the largest cocoa producers in South Sulawesi where production has tended to decline in the last 5 years.This research aims to look at the dynamics of cocoa land use towards a healthy landscape through implementing good plant spacing, designing agroforestry concepts and implementing good farming systems in 3 landscape clusters.This research uses descriptive correlation analysis to answer objectives 1 and 2 and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to examine objective 3. The research was conducted in North Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi Province from June to August 2022.From the results of data analysis carried out on 30 farmers, 3 extension workers and 3 MSME actors obtained the results: 1) Focus on landscape studies for cocoa cultivation in 3 clusters, namely clusters 2, 5 and 7, obtained data in cluster 2 with low cocoa production levels in the range of 400-500 kg/year with service contributions high environmental level, 2) Activities that have been carried out by SFITAL in providing assistance to cocoa farmers in terms of implementing plant spacing, agroforestry design and good farming systems through socialization activities, field schools, farming courses, mentoring as well as monitoring and evaluating activities and 3) The results of the AHP analysis show that there is a good application of the GAP concept, where this point is 5 times more important than the planting distance criteria and agroforestry design is 3 times more important than the planting distance criteria.

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