Village-owned enterprises are expected to become a pillar of national development in Indonesia driven by rural communities. Village-owned enterprises are village businesses managed by the village government to strengthen the village economy. Village-owned enterprises cannot operate without investors who provide matching funds. This study aims to determine the motivation of investors in investing and how they behave in making investment decisions in village-owned enterprises. The research method used is qualitative. This study involved two village-owned enterprise investors and members of the village government in the clear water village of West Sumatra province. Data collection was carried out through in-depth interviews and direct observation of the informants from village officials in 2021. Data analysis used a phenomenological approach. The results showed that the private investment made by investors from the village government was motivated by reasons of power and policy. Social benefits and individual benefits drive investment motivation. Social benefits are obtained from several business activities that can reduce social problems in the community. The impact of this research is the reduction of unproductive land and environmental damage issues.

Farming shifting is one of the cultivation strategies to find the ideal environment. Shifting agriculture is caused by limited knowledge of farmers on environmental conditions for growing plants. This study aims to describe the input variables and shifting cultivation management on the efficiency of potato farming. The research method used is descriptive statistics. The study involved 51 potato farmers in Minyeimemut and Arion villages of Hingk sub-district, Manokwari District, West Papua, Indonesia. Potato commodities cultivated by Arfak farmers are still using a shifting cultivation system. Analysis of the data by quantitative descriptive method with the help of Frontier 4.1 software and the Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) approach to reduce the stochastic frontier cost function. The results showed that the average potato production was 296.08 Kg/Season. The average area of land cultivated by farmers is 0.15 Ha, the average use of seeds is 44.41 kg, and the average workforce is 33.08 Working Days (HOK). The cultivation activities of potato farmers show 4.33 years of shifting. Economic efficiency shows potato farming of 0.08548 which means it has a fairly economical category.