Indonesia

Hybrid Rice Development in Indonesia

Tahlim Sudaryanto
INTRODUCTION With the total population predicted to reach 318.9 million in 2045, one of the pressing challenges for Indonesia is to meet demand for rice as staple food. On the other hand, the capacity to produce sufficient food is threatened due to limited natural resources (particularly land...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Agriculture
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An Overview of Indonesia’s Agricultural Policies in 2018

Tahlim Sudaryanto
Introduction According to the Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Agriculture from 2015-2019, the primary focus of agricultural development is to achieve food sovereignity and farmers welfare.  The corresponding strategic goals consist of: (a) to achieve self sufficiency on rice, corn,...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Overview
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The Value Chain and Rice Price Policy in Indonesia

Muhammad Firdaus
ABSTRACT Rice is one of the strategic commodities in Indonesia. Government intervention plays a significant role in Indonesian rice economy. A large input subsidy was delivered to rice farmers. Price policies were introduced annually. However, in Indonesia, rice is currently produced at the...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Overview
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Indonesia’s Agriculture Competitiveness

Saktyanu K.Dermoredjo, Tahlim Sudaryanto
INTRODUCTION Recent dynamics of global economic development revealed the importance of agricultural competitiveness improvement.  The need for improving agricultural competitiveness will be even more imperative for Indonesia because of its large and growing population, which was estimated...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Agribusiness
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Developing Insurance Scheme for chili and Shallot

Saktyanu K.Dermoredjo, Tahlim Sudaryanto
INTRODUCTION Chili (Capsicum annuum L) and shallot (Allium ascalonicum L)are two strategic horticultural commodities that affect the Indonesian economy as their uncontrollable prices could influence the national inflation rate.  The unpredictable climate change could, to some extent,...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Food security and safety
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