<![CDATA[The food security of border regions depends on the agricultural output and the capacity of the community institutions to exploit local resources and to cooperate with different actors. This quadruple helix study explores the roles of government, scholars, business stakeholders and community in the development of BUMDes Pala Opat in Tubu Village, Bikomi Nilulat District, on the Indonesia-Timor-Leste border. The study uses a qualitative exploratory method (such as interviews, observations and document analysis). Informants were selected based on competency and involvement in BUMDes. Data analysis consisted of data reduction, visualisation of data, and conclusion formulation and validation. BUMDes stagnation caused by the foundation of instructions and insufficient understanding of administration started to be addressed in 2022 by institutional revitalisation, analysis of local potential, and the establishment of four business units. The government gave institutional support, resources, leadership and marketing, academics supplied bookkeeping and training, business stakeholders contributed coffee processing expertise, and the community provided the generation and preservation of local knowledge. Yet, participant interaction is generally informal and has not yet been institutionally sustained. Management and product licensing and marketing limits also hamper firm expansion. BUMDes Pala Opat has therefore built an institutional and economic environment that could increase food security, but the proof is unclear]]>
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