Empowering Coconut Farmer Community for Poverty Alleviation in Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta: A Study of Triple Helix Model

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10.2991/aebmr.k.210311.019How to use a DOI?

Keywords

coconut farmer, poverty, poverty alleviation, triple helix, Kulon Progo

Abstract

Coconut sugar or palm sugar is a superior product in the Kulon Progo district, which contributes to locally generated revenue; however, coconut sugar farmers’ welfare is still relatively low. Therefore, it needs to be observed the main problems of coconut sugar entrepreneurs. This paper attempts to explore the program and activities taken by the university to empower the coconut farmer community as part of poverty alleviation in the Kulon Progo district, Yogyakarta. The programs were set under the triple helix framework, which involves three parties: the university, government, and coconut farmer community. This study utilized an exploratory approach to determine coconut farmers and coconut sugar entrepreneurs’ problems and solutions. Two coconut farmer communities, namely Sumber Rejeki and Nuju Makmur, were taken as a sample. The analysis reveals that the coconut sugar sector’s four main problems are the production of coconut sugar, lack of farmer regeneration, marketing, and management. Correspond to these problems; the empowering program consists of providing coconut tree climbing tools, product differentiation, market channeling, administration, and finance training for micro and small enterprises.

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© 2021, 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  - Agus Mulyono
AU  - Ismanto
AU  - Siti Rochmah Ika
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/03/13
TI  - Empowering Coconut Farmer Community for Poverty Alleviation in Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta: A Study of Triple Helix Model
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Banking, Accounting, Management and Economics (ICOBAME 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 96
EP  - 100
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210311.019
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.210311.019
ID  - Mulyono2021
ER  -