Strengthening the Agriculture Sector as a Locomotive of Economic Development in Border Areas Indonesia-Timor Leste (Study TTU Regency)

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10.2991/assehr.k.210615.019How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Economic development, Agriculture

Abstract

This study aims to determine policies to strengthen the agricultural sector as a locomotive for economic development in border areas. In border areas, problems related to agriculture are low productivity, weak market access, very traditional farming patterns, weak post-harvest processing, and common agricultural resources. The method used in this research is the literature method through a study of various literature. The results showed that to make agriculture a locomotive for economic development, what was done were: 1) changing the mindset and mental and behavior of the farming community; 2) Mapping the potential of each sub-district; 3) Integrated agricultural development and 4) Increasing production and productivity through the Food Labor Intensive pattern (PKP).

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Egidius Fkun
AU  - Magdalena Sunarty Pareira
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/06/17
TI  - Strengthening the Agriculture Sector as a Locomotive of Economic Development in Border Areas Indonesia-Timor Leste (Study TTU Regency)
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Conference on blended learning, educational technology and Innovation (ACBLETI 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 93
EP  - 97
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210615.019
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210615.019
ID  - Fkun2021
ER  -