Cashew nut production in Indonesia is largely limited to the eastern region. The harvesting time varies according to the production region during the dry season, ranging from July to November. Most cashews are sold in the shells to traders who frequent farmers’ villages. However, the price of cashews in the shell is considerably lower than that of fresh or processed cashew nuts, which are mainly processed by smallholder farmers. Cashews are a potential export commodity because of their high economic value in the global market and as an added value for income generation in the smallholder farming system. This study is a systematic review of the economic impact of the cashew nut home industry focused on Southeast Sulawesi, East Nusa Tenggara, and West Nusa Tenggara as the three largest provinces producing cashew kernels in Indonesia. The metadata suggest that processing cashew nuts is a key element in enhancing farmers’ welfare, particularly for those in eastern regions, which are affected by drought. Four measures were identified to improve the home cashew nut industry sustainability: (1) develop local cashew enterprise processing; (2) facilitate linkages to business and financial institutions; (3) increase income via a farmer’s-group-managed processing unit; and (4) strengthen cooperation between farmer’s groups and companies.

During the last few years, farmer empowerment has been the main agenda of government programs to achieve the agricultural sector revitalization, which focuses more on human resources and farmer institutional development. Further, through the Minister of Agriculture, the government program with a target of establishing 350 farmer corporations by 2024 is a necessity if farmer groups are built with the support of the skilled and market-oriented. The assessment used a qualitative approach that focuses on data related to the assessment problem. Secondary data were obtained from various relevant literature to explore the correlationbetween empirical facts and government programs and regulations. The case study was conducted in October 2019 at Gapoktan Sidomulyo in Godean District, Yogyakarta Province. The results of the study showed that empirically, Gapoktan Sidomulyo is the advanced Farmer Group Association that successfully managed the farmer institution since it was supported by its history of formation and skilled human resources who were always market-oriented. On the other hand, the management of Gapoktan Sidomulyo still did not want to transform the Gapoktan into a legal business entity because it was considered more complicated and did not provide benefits.

Agriculture development in the regional autonomy needs more strong effort and more systematic in order to implement the equity of economic growth. This paper aim to describe the data and information related with evaluation worked of regional of research and development institutional in supporting innovation system. This assessment has shown that the development of agriculture innovation system in regional autonomy faced some constrains, viz. lack of human resources development and less supporting research infrastructure of research institutional. Besides, the policy which has been implemented by local government and local parliament did not match with the needed of regional innovation.

The determining factor for the success and sustainability of chrysanthemum agribusiness development is largely determined by the optimal supply chain of the commodity. This study aims to elaborate the strategy for optimizing the supply chain of chrysanthemum agribusiness in Tomohon City, North Sulawesi Province. The research was conducted in September – December 2021, using surveys and FGDs involving farmers and business actors in deliberately selected locations. The data and information collected includes the characteristics and potential of the chrysanthemum commodity business and supporting institutions. In addition to primary data, secondary data from related agencies and results of literature studies were also collected. The collected data were analyzed using supply chain and value chain analysis. The results of the analysis show that the development of agribusiness and supporting institutions in Tomohon has the opportunity to be improved. One of the supply chain optimization strategies can be done with adaptive technology intervention, implementing low-cost strategies, product specifications and quality improvement.

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