Developing the Competitiveness and Sustainability of Agricultural Cluster Areas Based on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise by Means of Community Entrepreneurship

Abstract

The agricultural cluster area development (ACD) is tied to the local system and is influenced by aggregate factors. This requires the factual entrepreneurial approach to build its competitiveness and sustainability. The question this research aims at answering is why does the development of competitiveness and sustainability of ACD based on SMEs need community entrepreneurship (CE). In the meantime, the purpose of this research is to explain the significance of CE in competitiveness and sustainability of ACD through analysis of the relationship built between the competitiveness of agricultural community entrepreneurship areas and explains how CE develops competitiveness and sustainability of the agricultural cluster area. This research contributes to empirically revealing the relationship and essence of CE with the competitiveness and sustainability of ACD based on SMEs. The research was conducted in Lembah Gumanti District, Solok Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Data were collected through survey; in-depth interviews, observation, and expert opinion. Data analysis used correlation analysis and qualitative-descriptive method.