Profitable agribusiness systems for eastern Indonesia
This subprogram integrates key thematic areas for cooperation (including livestock, horticultural crop production, community forestry and aquaculture) with a geographical focus on eastern Indonesia. On-farm water management for the development of competitive agricultural industries, and improvement of the capacity of eastern Indonesian R&D providers to support marketdriven adaptive research, are two cross-cutting themes. Specific areas of emphasis within eastern Indonesia are:
Crop-ruminant livestock systems
Understanding of policies to increase Indonesian sufficiency in beef production, including factors affecting adoption of improved forages, off-take of productive cows, improving reproduction rates and market linkages
Development of sustainable systems that integrate livestock with crops for the dry tropics of eastern Indonesia and smallholder plantation areas
Enhancement of Bali cattle and goat productivity to meet market specifications through improved management of feed and reproduction
Productive and profitable smallholder estate crops
Market analysis and development for cashew nut, cocoa, coffee and coconut
Development of production systems that integrate field crops and livestock into plantation crops
Management of pests and diseases for cashew nut, cocoa, coconut, coffee and sugarcane
Market analysis of biofuel production systems, especially of on-farm and small-scale processing of biofuel as an alternative energy source for household needs
Improvement in productivity and profitability of field crop systems in seasonally dry areas
Development of locally adapted postharvest technology for field crops
Improvement in uptake of existing technologies (nutrient management, plant varieties, integrated pest management, soil conservation) in rainfed rice systems and development of other components of the rotation
Market development and the fostering of technology uptake in irrigated rice systems
Development of more water-efficient maize cropping systems that are better linked to input and output markets
