Cooperatives are a product of the government’s efforts to improve the national economy. The agricultural sector is the backbone of the national economy, so if the cooperative in the agricultural sector functions properly, it will greatly assist in improving the national economy. The purpose of this study was to analyze the role of the Benteng Alla Farmers’ Cooperative in marketing Arabica coffee, and to analyze the development strategy of the Benteng Alla Farmers’ cooperative in Marketing Arabica Coffee. The analysis technique used is the SWOT analysis. The results of this study indicate that the Benteng Alla farmer s’ cooperative is not only used as a forum for members to gather but a place where they can gain experience and knowledge about the activities carried out by the cooperative, and with the cooperative it will also build farmers and rural communities who have quality human resources excellence which includes increasing expertise and skills (business and organization), knowledge, and developing the entrepreneurial spirit of the farmers themselves.

Cooperatives are one of the supporting sectors for the economy based on a people's economy. Therefore, cooperatives can function well, if there is the institutional strengthening of cooperatives in them, especially regarding seaweed cooperative institutions. The purpose of this study was to determine the potential and strategies for strengthening seaweed business institutions through cooperatives. The method was using qualitative approach method using SWOT analysis. The results of this study indicate that the potential for strengthening the economic institutions of seaweed farmers through cooperatives is quite large through the main strategies: Increasing the quantity & quality of production through increasing the area of seaweed cultivation; Developing partnership; Capital accumulation through the addition of cooperative members; implementing innovation; and implementing priority scale.

FAO predicts that by 2050, food production will need to increase by up to 60 percent, while at the same time there will be a scarcity of agricultural resources, especially land / land and water. Therefore, modernization of agriculture, exploiting the potential of marginal land resources and high adaptation-powered food crops such as sago (Metroxylon sagu Rottb) is an option. However, investment in sago cultivation is seen as inefficient because it is long-term so it is not attractive, especially for poor farmers. This review is aimed at discussing the potential of developing sago plants efficiently through the introduction of Japanese taro plant, satoimo (Colocasia esculenta var antiquorum) into sago plantations, forming the sago-taro intercropping system in South Sulawesi. It was found that the native sago vegetation area in South Sulawesi, namely in the Luwu Raya regions, was socio-economically and culturally and ecologically potential for developing sago plants. It is also known that satoimo taro has a high economic potential, and is ecologically tolerant of shade so that it can be introduced into sago plantations — up to four or five years old — to form intercropping plantations. It can be concluded that intercropping of sago-taro, both of ecologically and socio-economically and culturally has high potential to be developed in South Sulawesi, especially in the Luwu Raya regions.

Sweetpotato (Ipomea batatas), as a well-known plant and widely cultivated by farmers in South Sulawesi, if it is intercropped with satoimo taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott var. Antiquorum) as a staple crop should be suspected of being able to be a ‘safety’ crop when there is a failure in taro plant—due to the relatively new and un-well-known plant. The study was aimed to know the productivity and economic value of sweet potato planted as an intercropped on the staple crop satoimo taro plantation with several levels of compost. The study used a randomized complete block design with four levels of manure compost, namely 400 grams, 800 grams, and 1200 grams per staple plant, which put into and mixed evenly in the plant hole, and 1200 grams per staple plant which mixed evenly in the beds, and three blocks. Sweet potatoes were planted between staple plants satoimo that arranged 20 plants in a bed of 500 cm x 110 cm in two rows. The parameters observed were yields of tuber per plant, size of tuber, number of tubers, and dry weight of tops. The results showed that there is no level of compost affected significantly. However, both of the levels of 1200 grams of compost which is filled into the plant hole, and 1200 grams of compost mixed in the beds tended to be higher than the others in tuber productivity. By economic valuations, the RC-ratio and RC-ratio indicated that planting intercropped sweet potato are beneficially in all levels and increased after the levels of compost. Cultivating sweet potato intercropped in the two kinds application of 1200 grams levels in the taro plantation is more recommended.

Climate change and weather conditions sometimes force the farmers to make an adaptation for survive. This research aims to determine the strategy of adaptation and social relation of farmers in the Highland area in the village Kaluppini Enrekang District Enrekang District. The data analysis used is a qualitative descriptive analysis. The results showed that the farmers in Kaluppini village had a drought problem and had the effort to get water to shorten the needs of the soil so that farmers move from rice farmers to corn farmers because by planting corn the amount of water that the plant needs is not too much so that the farmers can still cultivate it. To conduct the adaptation strategy farmer utilized social relations in the community that is giving information about word of mouth and still high culture “gotong royong” in the community of Kaluppini village.