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Priorities

Priorities for collaborative agricultural research between Australia and Indonesia were discussed in February 2007 during consultations between ACIAR and representatives of relevant government ministries and agencies, universities, the Indonesia Institute of Sciences (LIPI), the private sector and farmer associations. More detailed consultations were also held in four eastern Indonesian provinces in November 2006. Priorities throughout the program were refined through further consultation in 2007-08. A full list of agreed priorities from the meetings is available at under Partner country priorities / Indonesia.

In eastern Indonesia there are opportunities to capitalise on linkages between central research institutions (mainly based in Java) and institutions undertaking locationspecific adaptive research that directly addresses farmers' needs. In 2008 a major collaborative R&D initiative will be designed to assist the development of agriculture in Papua. ACIAR made additional investments in Indonesia to assist with fisheries and agriculture rehabilitation in Aceh after the December 2004 tsunami, and the program has evolved from a post-crisis response to one of underpinning selected areas of agricultural research for development.

More follow-up activities that enhance the transfer of technology of earlier ACIAR projects will be pursued, and opportunities for greater involvement of industry explored. In 2008-09 the collaborative program will emphasise animal health and production, crop protection (especially integrated with horticultural crop production), forestry, fisheries and agricultural policy research.

Agreed thematic areas for cooperation are as follows:

• Subprogram 1: Improved policies to underpin agribusiness development
• Subprogram 2: Biosecurity cooperation and pest and disease management
• Subprogram 3: Research to underpin the development of competitive horticultural agribusinesses
• Subprogram 4: Profitable smallholder aquaculture and agroforestry systems
• Subprogram 5: Sustainable use and management of fisheries and forestry resources
• Subprogram 6: Profitable agribusiness systems for eastern Indonesia
• Subprogram 7: Technical cooperation to underpin rehabilitation of agriculture and fisheries in NAD province