The Role of Agricultural Institutions to Increase Cocoa Production in Nort Luwu Regency = The Role of Agricultural Institutions to Increase Cocoa Production in Nort Luwu Regency

Indonesia is the third-largest cocoa producer globally, and Luwu Utara District, South Sulawesi Province, is the largest supplier of cocoa production in the country. However, cocoa production in North Luwu tends to decline from year to year. This study aims to identify the key factors of institutions that play a role, the constraints of insufficient institutions, and program strategies to increase cocoa production. The government or private sectors can use the results of this study to develop planning designs and policies for cocoa farming to achieve agricultural sustainability. This research uses Interpretative Structural Modeling (ISM) to formulate a complexity, hierarchy (level), and classification between elements. Results of this research are of the ten sub-elements of actors that play a role, there are four key actors. There are a key actor that can cause insufficient institutions. Of the elevent sub-elements of strategic programs, there is one key actor they have the highest Driver-Power (DP=1.00). Therefore, The roles of institutions is designing the sustainable extension programs based on farmers’ need. Moreover, the institutions need to engage and empower farmers groups to increase the cocoa production.

Keywords : Agriculture development, Luwu Utara Province, cocoa, increase, production, program, ISM analysis