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Status: PreprintStrategy formulation was conducted to develop organic agriculture as sustainable agricultural practice in Bengkulu Province. This research used multicriteria decision-making tools which were analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and strength-weakness-opportunity-threat (SWOT) analysis to generate alternative strategies. Then, fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (fuzzy-AHP) was utilized to choose the best strategy for developing organic agriculture in Bengkulu Province. The results identified five strength factors, 16 weakness factors, eight opportunity factors and seven threat factors. The evaluation of internal and external factors led to the internal factor value of 2.26 and the external factor value of 2.54. This result placed the current condition of organic agriculture development in Bengkulu Province in the position of weakness-opportunity (WO) quadrant. The fuzzy-AHP analysis ranked the strategies, respectively developing export-oriented competitive organic products, supporting the production and marketing of organic products, and developing community supported organic agriculture |