Integration of Socio-Spatial Approach in Land Use Planning for Agribusiness Commodities: A Case Study of Underdeveloped Districts in South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Abstract

One of the advances in the current socioeconomic science is to integrate the socio-spatial approach in various socioeconomic studies. The socio-spatial approach method is one of the tools that play an important role in visualizing various social data into the dimensions of space and time. In this article, the author presents a model built on a socio-spatial approach in the effort to develop the potential of underdeveloped regions in Indonesia. This model provides input information on the suitability of land use in the development of agricultural commodities which is identified as an important factor to be used as a basic reference for regional development planning in disadvantaged areas. Furthermore, it's relying on not only land suitability biophysical data but also the integration of social data into spatial models as part of limiting factors can provide more accurate results. The results suggest that biophysically appropriate commodities are not necessarily acceptable from the social aspects of society, as in the research that has been carried out, there are 12 types of commodities cultivated by farmers and 10 suitable types of commodities biophysically but only 6 commodities based on social aspects that are feasible to become development direction commodities agribusiness which consists of the main commodities namely coffee, chili, potatoes and onions and supporting commodities namely celery and leeks.

Building a Coffee Agribusiness Development Strategy in Rural Area: Focus Group Discussion Approach to the Coffee Farmers

“…We have conducted preliminary study to measure the potential of the study area to find instruction about the land use to agribusiness commodity. Agribusiness commodity is a developed commodity in commercial scale, so it can meet in quantity so that there will be an available land and the biophysical conformity level fulfilled, even distribution of commodity in the area also became attentive to support standardized productivity commercially [1].…”

“…Suitable commodity biophysically was not necessarily accepted in the social aspect, as in the previous research, there were 12 types of commodity that was attempted by the farmers, 10 types of commodity were suitable biophysically, but only six types of commodity were proper based on social aspect to be a model of development agribusiness referral which consisted of the main commodities. They were coffee, chili, potato, and onion, also the buffer commodity consisted of celery and green onion [1]. Commodity directives for agribusiness development which had good prospect and tried consistently were coffee commodity.…”