Authors: Rifiati Safariah ; Denny Kurniadie ; Teguh Widodo
Abstract
One of the efforts to optimize the agriculture resources and to develop the economic growth in rural areas is through the concept of the agropolitan region development. Padang Pariaman Regency has potential to be developed as agropolitan region which is supported by superior agriculture comodities. In order to develop agropolitan region in Padang Pariaman, it is required to formulate a development concept. The objective of this study is to formulate the development concept of Sungai Geringging agropolitan region in Padang Pariaman Regency. The study has been conducted from July to October 2014 in Sungai Geringging District and its surrounding. The variables of study consist of the characteristics of (1) the internal region and (2) the external region. The collecting data methods used in this study are : field survey and literature studies. This study is carried out by using descriptive analysis method that consist of potential and superior commodities analysis, agribusiness system analysis, and analysis of spatial structure and land use pattern. The results of this study showed that Sungai Geringging and its surrounding are potential to be developed as an agropolitan region in Padang Pariaman Regency. The results of the descriptive analysis will be used as a basis for the development concept of Sungai Geringging agropolitan region in Padang Pariaman Regency.
Author keywords
Agropolitan region; Padang Pariaman Regency; Rural area; Superior agriculture commodity
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