The contribution of the cocoa industry to the Indonesian economy is very large. However, the Indonesian cocoa industry is heavily dependent on the global cocoa industry, due to its position in the Global Value Chain. The majority of cocoa products destined for the global market are produced by smallholders who are limited in the implementation of Good Corporate Governance. The presence of a pandemic and these limitations presents a multidimensional crisis and threatens the position of the Indonesian cocoa industry. The study analyzes the impact of the pandemic on the GVC of the Indonesian cocoa industry, by relating it to the limitations of the implementation of GCG in the cocoa industry. The research method is descriptive qualitative with a document study approach. The main theory used is GVC. The results showed that the pandemic era had many impact on various aspects of the cocoa industry, one of which was also related to the limitations of GCG implementations. The impact including price channels, supply channels and financial channels. In these three networks, Indonesia experienced several declines, such as the value of exports, although they did not occur significantly.

Indonesia menjadi negara terbesar keenam di dunia sebagai produsen kakao dunia, setelah Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Ecuador, Cameroon, dan Nigeria. Sektor pertanian kakao Indonesia menjadi salah satu komoditi ekspor unggulan. Besarnya jumlah produksi kakao di Indonesia, tidak berbanding lurus dengan peran dan kontribusi generasi muda Indonesia untuk menekuni sektor pertanian kakao ini. Data memperlihatkan petani kakao dengan lahan kecil masih didominasi oleh petani yang berusia di atas 40 tahun. Metode pelaksanaan pengabdian berupa pemberian edukasi dan sosialisasi kepada generasi Y dan generasi Z tentang pentingnya kontribusi dan keterlibatan generasi muda Indonesia dalam sektor pertanian kakao. Hasil pengabdian ini diharapkan dapat menumbuhkan kesadaran dan minat generasi muda Indonesia dalam menjaga keberlangsungan sektor pertanian kakao dan dapat mewujudkan tercapainya salah satu tujuan dari Sustainable Development Goals.

The Indonesia-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IK-CEPA) was an economic cooperation that includes a comprehensive free trade agreement that discusses issues of trade, investment, services, and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and has mutual relations. So as to form an access chain pattern in the form of market access, access to capacity development, and facilitation of trade and investment carried out by Indonesia and South Korea. The discussion in this study focuses on the impact that Indonesia gets from the IK-CEPA, escpecially in 2020 because 2020 was an important milestone in the establishment of economic relations between Indonesia and South Korea. South Korea was interested in making Indonesia a new production base in ASEAN and as a production hub to enter regional and world markets. The method used was a descriptive research method with qualitative approach analysis. The aim was to use a descriptive method to determine the impact that Indonesia gets from the IK-CEPA. Thus, it was obtained that the Indonesia-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IK-CEPA) provides considerable benefits for Indonesia, such as the entry of investment from South Korea, skills training and student exchange, and the provision of trade facilitation for Indonesia

In the GVC of cocoa commodities, Indonesia has a potential position as one of the suppliers of cocoa commodities. However, the cocoa industry sector is increasingly threatened when the world enters a crisis period due to the global pandemic in early 2020. For this reason, Indonesia has made many efforts to maintain its position in the GVC of cocoa commodities. This study attempts to analyze Indonesia's position in the global cocoa chain in the pandemic era. The method used is qualitative research with a library research approach. The theory used to analyze focuses on global value chain theory. This study finds that Indonesia's tried to maintain it’s position in global cocoa chain through economic stability, both at the domestic and global levels. This position is described in the aspect of increasing the contribution of cocoa commodities to GDP, increasing the export market share of Indonesian cocoa commodities in the global market, as well as increasing the competitiveness of the Indonesian economy. This condition becomes a parameter to measure the performance of Indonesia's political economy as well as demonstrates the capability of the Indonesian government in dealing with the global crisis due to the pandemic and minimizing the impact of the crisis on national stability. Thus, it can be concluded that Indonesia can still maintain its position in the global cocoa chain as an important supplier.

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