Agropolitan Area Development Model as an Effort to Improve Local Economic Growth Enrekang District

Abstract

The development of the Belajen Agropolitan area, characterized by agricultural activities, can improve the local economy. This research aims to study and analyze the development model of Agropolitan area as well as its influence on local economy. This research uses quantitative and qualitative approaches, data obtained through observation, surveys, documentation and questionnaires, case studies in this writing were chosen to answer the question of how to conduct or implement the model development of local economic-based Agropolitan areas. While quantitative analysis to measure the influence between variables using multiple regression with the Eviews program, Samples of 30 farmers in the Agropolitan area. The results of the study gave the idea that the use of Agropolitan area development model in the form of upstream-aquaculture model in Agropolitan area running is not optimal especially on the downstream model that the agroindustry process has not been running with the economic constrition and labor absorption. Downstream does not go well, this can be seen from activities on the area of Agrpolitan on the downstream activities only limited to conducting marketing activities products of cultivation, but there is no activity how to cultivate or process an agroindustry that is raw material into a final product ready for consumption. Until the future development of the model downstream in the area of Agropolitan Belajen can not be separated with upstream sub system and cultivation. The need for models that conform to the spatial structure of the area of Agropolitan Belajen is absolutely absolute, so that the productivity of horticultural crops can further provide a coherence to the regional economy.