Abstract
THE ROLE OF FARMER GROUPS IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE COFFE BUSINESS IN SETILING VILLAGE NORTH BATUKLIANG SUB-
 DISTRICT OF CENTRAL LOMBOK REGENCY 
 ABSTRACK
 This study aims to: 1) Determine the role of groups in the development of farmer groups in Setiling Village, North Batukliang District, Central Lombok Regency. 2) Knowing the constrainta in developiing coffe farmer groups. The results showed that 1) The role of the farmer groups in Setiling Village included in the “Role” category. The role of farmer groups can be divided into several variables, namely learning container, cooperation forum and production unit. Forum the research that has been carried out, the results of the role of farmer groups as a learning container are 56,7%, cooperation institutions are 26,7% and the production unit is 50%. It can be seen that the role of groups is a learning container and production unit.
 Keywords: Farmers Group, Role,Learning Container, Container of Cooperation, Production Unit.