Mustard greens (Brassica juncea L.) is one of the horticultural crops of vegeTable species that are utilized in young leaves. Utilization of seaweed as biofertilizer can be an alternative solution to environmental problems caused by mineral fertilizers because they are safe for soil and plant microbes. The research aimed to determine the effect of extract of seaweeds growing Central Sulawesi on growth and yield of mustard greens. This study consisted of six treatments: P0 = control, P1 = NPK fertilizer, P2 = seaweed extract Caulerpa sp., P3 = seaweed extract Sargassum sp., P4 = seaweed extract Kappaphycus alvarezii, P5 = seaweed extract Ulva sp., Plant height, number of leaves, leaf area, fresh weight of plant, dry weight of plant, and chlorophyll content were measured during the growing period and at harvest. The results showed that the seaweed extracts significantly affected on growth and yield of mustard greens plants. The most effective seaweed extracts for mustard greens plants was from Ulva sp. which produced average leave fresh weight 772.79 g and 10.40 numbers of leaves.

Cocoa Agribusiness in Central Sulawesi still confronts many complex problems, such as low productivity due to PKB pests, low production quality. This becomes a challenge as well as investment opportunities in developing the business of chocolate product and achieve greater added value than cocoa agribusiness. This research aimed to know the income and financial feasibility obtained by Twins Chocolate Industry chocolate product production in Palu. The research was conducted at the Twins Chocolate Industry Jalan Rusa No. 13 Talise subdistrict Mantikulore Palu city Central Sulawesi on October to September 2016. The respondents consisted of one leader and two employees in the field of production and marketing. The results showed that the revenue obtained in the first year was Rp 25.7017 million, the second year was Rp 26.8927 million and in the third year was Rp 38,309,875. Feasibility levelsobtained by the PP for 2 Years and 2 Months were NPV Rp 11,927,788, an IRR of 22.75% and PI of 1.19. It means that Twins Chocolate industry was laboured because it met the eligibility criteria set.

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Coconut is one of the export commodities of sub sector farm which is best commodity of Central Sulawesi Province. This research aims to: (1) analize the income of copra  farm in Palam Village of North Tinangkung District of Banggai Kepulauan Regency and (2) Analyze the factoedrs affect copra  farm in Palam Villageof North Tinangkung District of Banggai Kepulauan Regency. The method usedwas survey and sample was selected using simple random. The number of the sample was 40 households. The research results indicate that.: (1) avarege of totalcost of copra farm was Rp 14.648.819.85/  10.003/coconut/1 time production. The aferage of acceptance of copra farm was Rp 20.502.768.75/1 time production with the average of sell price Rp 9.093.75/kg, so, the average income of copra farm was Rp 5.853.948.90/10.003 coconut/1 time production and (2) F counted = 32.163 with probability  ρ =0.000 < 0.05 at   α =5% proving that Null Hypothesis is rejected which means independent variable of self price (X1), production cost (X2) and copra production (X3) simultaneusly  affect  copra farm income in Palam Village of Nort Tinangkung District of Banggai Kepulauan Regency determinant (R2) adjusted was 0.728 showing that income variation on copra farm (Y) can be explained by independent variable of sell price (X1), production cost (X2), and copra production (X3) was 72.8%, whereas 27.2% explained by other factor excluded of the model. Partially the price sell and copra production positively affect and significant on copra farm income while production cost negatifely affect on confidence level of 95%.

This research aimed to: 1) Knowing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for agribusiness development of soybean commodity in Sigi Regency; 2) Knowing the right alternative strategy formula for the development of soybean commodity agribusiness in Sigi Regency; 3) Knowing the priority strategy that should be chosen for the agribusiness development of commodity soybean in Sigi Regency. This research purposively conducted in Sigi Regency from January to March 2017, and 6 respondents were chosen. SWOT analysis used to find alternative strategy, and QSPM analysis used to find priority strategy. The availability and productivity of the land is among the main strenghts, and the quality and quantity of human resources is among the main weaknesses.The main opportunity is the price of soybean commodity in the market, while imports of soybeans by the government is the main threats. The alternative and priority strategy that could be undertaken by the governmenr are : 1) Participatory motivation and farmers empowerment program; 2) Strengthening local soybean development policy that is pro-farmer; 3) Soybean cultivation development program through area expansion and land mapping; 4) Regional Agricultural Partnership; 5) Development of soybean processing industry.