The development of integrated agricultural system in improving the local community in Papua

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Abstract The Wapeko village area was targeted by investors because of its geographical location and natural resource wealth, but the lives of residents of the Wapeko village were almost 100% indigenous / local Papuans, their lives still mixed with a low level of education and economy. This research aimed (1) to analyze the implementation of the development program of the integrated agriculture system in Wapeko Village to achieve theaims of the program; (2) to analyze the achieved results in agriculture products and the incomes of the community through the development of the integrated agriculture system; (3) to develop alternative strategies in order to develop integrated farming systems in realizing a sustainable livelihood pattern of the local communities.The research was conducted in Wapeko Village Kurik Sub-District,he method used was a qualitative method which used quantitative instruments. The data collection was done using direct observation in the field and interviews with the respondents through question naires. The respondents involved 25 households of the local Papuans as well as the stakeholders who were directly involved in the program. The analysis of the revenue used the Farming analysis, and the Strategy analysis through SWOT method. The research results indicated that the collaboration program between Medco Foundation and Yasanto had an impact especially on the development of the Integrated Agriculture System (Sitandu) which was shown by the change in the pattern of the basic livelihood as well as the increase of the income of the local community.

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