Rahim Darma is a distinguished professor of Agricultural Economics at Hasanuddin University, Indonesia, specializing in food security, agribusiness, and rural development. He has consulted for renowned organizations such as the Asia Foundation, Swiss Contact, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank, focusing on MSME development and sustainable agriculture. A visiting scholar at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University in the USA (2009-2010), Dr. Darma has authored numerous publications in leading national and international journals, including Scopus-indexed works, reflecting his expertise in agricultural socio-economics and sustainable development. He represented Indonesia in a regional initiative for the genetic and socioeconomic improvement of common carp in Asia (1997-2000) and has been a Senior Researcher and Trainer on Resource Economics and Rural Development since 1998, collaborating with Indonesia's National Planning Agency and Hasanuddin University's research center. He earned his bachelor's degree from Hasanuddin University (1983), a master’s in Resource Economics from Bogor Agricultural University (1987), and a doctorate in Agricultural Economics from the University of the Philippines at Los Baños (1993). Email: rdarma@unhas.ac.id.