Abstract—South Halmahera is one of the districts in North Maluku Province, Indonesia in which the potential of agriculture is not followed by the income of the farmers around. Therefore, we propose to apply sustainable supply chain management and the fair-trade concept for the agriculture products. The results of this research are expected to be applied to solve the problem in developing the economy potential of Papua-Maluku islands region and to give strategic solution for agriculture main program in South Halmahera. This research focuses on mapping the requirements of fair-trade in comparison to actual situation in South Halmahera by doing gap analysis and build action plans to fulfil the requirements for sustainable supply chain management and fair trade certification.
 

Index Terms—sustainable development, economy, South Halmahera, agriculture, fairtrade, rural development

Cite: Amalia Suzianti, Hajid N. Atthousi, Ian B. Pratama, and Zahrina Hasyati, "Improving Quality and Competitiveness of Agriculture in South Halmahera through Fairtrade Product Concept," Journal of Advanced Agricultural Technologies, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 334-339, December 2018. Doi: 10.18178/joaat.5.4.334-339