The Empowerment Strategy of Gapoktan Toward an Agribusiness Microfinance Institution in Rural Areas

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200402.043How to use a DOI?

Keywords

strategy, empowerment, Gapoktan, microfinance institutions, agribusiness

Abstract

The basic strategy as the effort to strengthen the institution is through community empowerment, optimization of agribusiness potential, and capital funding. The institution is an important tool for running a program. This research intends to find out the work of the Association of Farmers Group (Gapoktan) PUAP Singa Pantura; and get the strategy to empower Gapoktan PUAP Singa Pantura to be an Agribusiness Microfinance Institution in Rural Areas. This research design used a descriptive qualitative method. The writers used a survey technique to collect the data. Based on purposive sampling, the writers selected Gapoktan Singa Pantura as the place of the research. The subject of the research is all member and board of Gapoktan PUAP Singa Pantura that manages the Direct Assistance for Rural Agribusiness Business Development (BLM-PUAP). The total number of all members and board of Gapoktan is 48 people. The finding of this research showed that the level of performance and quality of Gapoktan Singa Pantura in Mertasinga Village, Gunung Jati, Cirebon is optimal. The priority strategy is to utilize the support of the government and the community to establish an Agribusiness Microfinance Institution through using either fund owned by Gapoktan or PUAP capital.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dedi Muhammad Siddiq
AU  - Achmad Faqih
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/04/07
TI  - The Empowerment Strategy of Gapoktan Toward an Agribusiness Microfinance Institution in Rural Areas
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Agriculture, Social Sciences, Education, Technology and Health (ICASSETH 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 193
EP  - 197
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200402.043
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200402.043
ID  - Siddiq2020
ER  -