# Strategies for strengthening various models of cocoa marketing partnerships among farmers in the Polewali Mandar Regency, Western Sulawesi Province > Setiawan B. URL kanonis: https://discover.unhas.ac.id/publications/pub_scopus_85085028623 Jurnal / Konferensi: Iop Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science Tahun terbit: 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/473/1/012041 ISSN: 17551307 Citations: 1 ## Authors - Setiawan B. ## Abstract Abstract The purpose e of this study is to analyze strategies for strengthening various partnership models for cocoa marketing. At the level of the farmers of Polewali Mandar district, the population of this study amounts to 75 farmers divided into 3 groups at the level of the existing partnership models (companies, cooperatives and traders), The analysis technique used consists in using a SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) to formulate objectives in the form of strategic actions based on external facts and internal facts to determine the strategy. The results showed that the internal factors of this study were: 1) Availability of land for cocoa farms 2) High potential productivity 3) Infrastructure available. The weaknesses of this study are: 1) a minimum of capital contribution, 2) limited availability of technology 3) pest and disease attacks. External opportunities include: 1) strong market demand, 2) ease of market access, 3) opening up investment opportunities, threats from this study 1 land-use change 2) price volatility and 3) the extreme climate. ## Keywords - SWOT analysis - Business - Investment (military) - Marketing - Productivity - General partnership - Strengths and weaknesses - Population - Agricultural science - Finance - Economics - Economic growth - Sociology - Philosophy - Political science - Demography - Environmental science - Law - Politics - Epistemology --- Sumber: Discover Unhas — RIMS Universitas Hasanuddin. Saat mengutip, gunakan DOI bila tersedia atau URL kanonis di atas.