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Linking vegetable farmers with markets in West and Central Java, Indonesia

Project ID:
AGB/2006/115: Linking vegetable farmers with markets in West and Central Java, Indonesia
Collaborating Countries:
Indonesia
Commissioned Organisation:
International Potato Center, Philippines
Project Leader
Dr Dindo Campilan
Phone: 63 49 5368185
Fax: 63 49 53621662
Email: d.campilan@cgiar.org
Collaborating Institutions:
  • Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Australia
  • University of Adelaide, Australia
  • Indonesian Vegetable Research Institute, Indonesia
  • SwissContact Indonesia, Indonesia
Project Budget:
$551,114
Project Duration:
01/02/2008 - 31/01/2012
ACIAR Research Program Manager
Mr David Shearer
Project Overview

The intensive potato/Brassica systems of West and Central Java are important sources of cool climate vegetables for consumers in Indonesia, but at present the supply chain is poorly organised. Farmers, processors, wholesalers, retailers and others who play a role within the supply chain have limited trust of each other, which reduces efficiency and increases transaction costs within the chain. This project, which builds on the ACIAR project, Optimising the productivity of the potato/Brassica cropping system in Central and West Java (CP/2005/167), seeks to upgrade the flow of market information and encourage technology adoption and innovation. Its objective is to improve incomes and promote sustainable livelihoods among vegetable farming households in West and Central Java by enhancing farmer participation in two key types of supply chain: 1) fresh-products markets involving assemblers/wholesalers/retailers/institutional buyers; 2) processed-product markets involving chips factories and snackfood enterprises.