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The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) literature has advanced beyond its long-standing emphasis on a firm's financial performance to include its social impact. However, it has fallen short of offering insight into how effective CSR is in the event of a disaster. This study investigated the community's perception of CSR in wetland farmers communities after flood disasters. Data were from 49 farmer groups in South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The research hypotheses were drawn: Perceived benefits of CSR initiatives affect farming community resilience, farming community wellbeing, and perceived competence of wetland farmers; Community resilience affects community wellbeing; Community wellbeing and community resilience affect perceived competence of farmers. The structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis showed that CSR initiatives positively affected community resilience and community wellbeing but had no effect on the perceived competence of farmers; Community resilience had a positive effect on community wellbeing. However, both community wellbeing and resilience did not affect perceived competence. This study sheds light on the complex link between the community and the individual. Triple bottom line and community psychology theories were applied, and this study contributes to the social impact of CSR by focusing on both community and individual, especially in the face of natural disasters in wetlands.

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Sago plant produces sago starch, which can be processed into various food and non-food uses and has high demand in the domestic and international market. However, sago starch marketing is still facing problems that make the crop has not yet optimally support the economy of sago growing and processing households and communities. The study aimed to assess the market structure of sago starch in Konawe District of Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. Data collection was done in two sago growing subdistricts. Respondents consisted of 55 sago producers, four subdistrict collectors, and two large traders. Data were collected using questionnaires, observation, and in-depth interviews, and were analyzed using Concentration Ratio and descriptive statistics. Study results showed that market participants consisted of producers, collectors, large traders, and retailer. The producer or seller concentration was low, and the atomistic selling condition prevailed in the sago extraction industry. The market share of the four largest collectors was 67.25%. Product differentiation was not present or low among the sago producers. Observed barriers to entry into the sago starch production included lack of technical skills, availability of water sources, knowledge of the area, and the nature of sago extraction operation. Barriers to entry into sago marketing were moderate and included capital requirement, economies of scale, knowledge of the area, and networking with both producers and large traders. The sago starch market has deviated from the norms of competitive market structure, namely, an oligopsonistic market structure. The structural features of the industry need to be improved by establishing standard and grades to facilitate marketing and to lead to product differentiation.