Strengthening the Agriculture Sector as a Locomotive of Economic Development in Border Areas Indonesia-Timor Leste (Study TTU Regency)

This study aims to determine policies to strengthen the agricultural sector as a locomotive for economic development in border areas. In border areas, problems related to agriculture are low productivity, weak market access, very traditional farming patterns, weak post-harvest processing, and common agricultural resources. The method used in this research is the literature method through a study of various literature. The results showed that to make agriculture a locomotive for economic development, what was done were: 1) changing the mindset and mental and behavior of the farming community; 2) Mapping the potential of each sub-district; 3) Integrated agricultural development and 4) Increasing production and productivity through the Food Labor Intensive pattern (PKP).