Institutional dynamics, stakeholder interactions, and sustainability pathways in North Toraja's Arabica coffee sector: a systems approach to inclusive agribusiness transformation

Abstract

These findings suggest that sustainable transformation requires linking top-down governance reforms with bottom-up empowerment to rebalance bargaining power and strengthen local agency. Multi-stakeholder platforms, inclusive decision-making processes, and context-sensitive institutional arrangements can improve coordination and unlock dependent initiatives. As a novel contribution, the study moves beyond descriptive stakeholder mapping by structurally ranking sustainability interventions and barriers according to their driving-dependence relationships, thereby identifying actionable institutional leverage points for GI-protected, smallholder coffee value chains. By integrating institutional, social, and economic perspectives, this study advances a sociologically grounded framework for agribusiness transformation, offering transferable insights for other smallholder-dominated commodity systems in the Global South.

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