DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2017.v04i05.008

Pages: 357-362

The agricultural sector becomes one of the mainstays of national and regional development in overcoming social and economic problems. Rural development concerns in developing countries often emphasize the development of agropolitan programs as key to development. Agropolitan is a strategy of agricultural development to overcome economic problems, such as rural poverty through the acceleration of rural economic growth. This article aims to explain the effect of agropolitan program on the socio-economic condition of farmers. Agropolitan is a phenomenon of the second generation of development theory, Dependency Theory, which is based on the aspirations of lower society whose aim is not only to promote economic growth but also to develop all aspects of social life (education, health, art, culture, politics, defense of security, Religious life, youth and empowerment of youth and women).