The management of agroforestry systems is quite complex because it is a combination of the fields of study of forestry science with agriculture and even animal husbandry. Agroforestry is not a gender neutral system, because it involves men and women in every aspect of the work mechanism. This study aims to describe the role of women in the application of agroforestry systems in the Lalodati Village, Puuwatu District, Kendari City. This research is a quantitative research with a qualitative descriptive approach. The population of this research is all people who live in Lalodati Village, Puuwatu District, Kendari City. Determination of the sample was determined by purposive sampling of 41 people with the criteria of being a housewife, owning agricultural land as agroforestry land and work as a farmer. The results of the study show that the role of women in the application of agroforestry systems is viewed from three aspects, namely: (a) Business governance: the level of women's role is in the high role category with a percentage of 90.2% or with a total of 37 respondents; (b) Regional governance: the level of the role of women is categorized as having a fairly high role with a percentage of 51.2% or a total of 21 respondents; (c) Institutional governance: the level of women's role is in the low category with a percentage of 46.3% or with a total of 19 respondents
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