A short description about Agropolitan, as one of Development Strategies, introduced by John Friedmann.

1. Agropolitan
Approach
Development Theories and
Strategies
Presented by:
Jimly Al Faraby
Pedro H. B. Ribeiro

2. Contents
 What is Agropolitan?
 Key elements of the strategy
 Theories might have informed the strategy
 Countries applying this strategy
 Advantages – disadvantages of the
strategy

3. • As a concept in socioeconomic
What is
change
• Self-reliant AGRO – POLITAN?
• Urbanization of the countryside
• Capacity for social learning
• As a geographical concept:
• A territory (bounded space)
• One small urban center, and
certain number of population
surrounding it
• As a political concept
• Self-determination of common
concern
• Participation, internal
organization

4. Background
“Dualistic dependency”:
- Hyperurbanization Rural suffered the most
- Spatial concentration
of population
- Unemployment,
underemployment
Economic growth 
- Income inequality,
social development
poverty, etc
Trickle down mechanism
and Spread Effects do not Human needs 
operate in developing Human-centered
countries Development
John Friedmann
Domination of Modernization “Accelerated rural
Theory: development Strategy”
Growth Pole, Growth Center

5. What are the
key features?

6.  Population threshold to create an effective agropolitan
district (50,000 to 150,000 inhabitants engaged in farming)
 Sufficient basic facilities and infrastructure in potential
agropolitan centers
 Power devolution to local governing.
 Prevent the leakage of general wealth in the region
 Self-sufficiency, through Self-reliance (labor, resources)
 Territorial integration
 Decentralized, participatory, and local settings
 Protecting small scale production for the domestic market
against competition from large scale capital intensive
enterprise
 Adapting elements of urbanism to specific rural settings

7. Advantages:
Advantages, or  Stronger position
Disadvantages?  Balance between urban
center and the countryside
 Distribution of income
between urban and rural
 Reducing rural migration
 Stop relying on outsider
Disadvantages:
 Bottom-up approach seems to
be utopian
 Autonomous local decision-
making and resource process
are virtual

8. Which countries have
applied this strategy?

9.  Asia:
 China
 Vietnam,
 Republic of Korea
 Sri Lanka
 Pakistan
 Bangladesh
 Indonesia,
 East Africa: Tanzania

10. Dependency
Theory
Case in Indonesia
Central
Place Theory
Relevant Theories?

11. Thank you..