Sustainable Agriculture through Public-Private Partnership for Alleviating Poverty

As an agricultural country, Indonesia depends on its economic development through the agricultural sector. However, based on Indonesia Central Bureau of Statistics data, 49% of the poor Indonesian population lived in rural areas and worked in the agricultural sector. Sustainable development in the agricultural sector is an important focus to overcome poverty and improve social welfare; one strategy to achieve sustainable agriculture is through Public-Private Partnership (PPP). PT. Hikmahfarm is one of the agriculture businesses that implement the concept of PPP by building partnerships with farmers in rural areas, the government sector, and the non-government sector in building an ecosystem for sustainable agricultural production. This study aims to describe the partnership in PT.Hikmahfarm as one strategy to reach Sustainable Agriculture for poverty alleviation, using qualitative methods through documentation study, observation, and indepth interview. The result of this study identified that partnership in PT. Hikmahfarm can encourage Sustainable Agriculture through sustainable food needs, sustainable farmers' organizations, and the improvement of socio-economic welfare. PT.Hikmahfarm, in this partnership, plays a significant role as a service provider and intermediaries to overcome the problem of small farmers through providing cultivating land for farmers, provision of agricultural facilities and infrastructures, increasing small farmer capacity, and market certainty for agricultural products.