Agropolitan Development in East Tomohon, North Sulawesi Indonesia

Abstract

Agropolitan is one of the rural development strategies whose area brings all components of the agricultural industrial aspect into an integrative agricultural area. The aim of the research was to determine the spatial structure of agropolitan development in Tomohon (North Sulawesi, Indonesia) and identify the crucial component for agropolitan development. The result of the study confirms that the potential agropolitan area of East Tomohon consists of settlement, forest, plantation, orchards and paddy field. The agropolitan area of East Tomohon consists largely of plantation area. Shrub areas were dominant and it becomes the opportunities to convert such barren land into productive lands (i.e. agroforestry). The abundance resources of agropolitan area in Tomohon opens opportunities for the area to maximize the agricultural product based on agroforestry systems. Every component has its special characteristics and roles that should be linked in order to build an integrated agropolitan area. In such a case, network is important.