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Identifying economic and social constraints for water management in vegetable production in Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) and Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) (AGB)

Project ID:
SMAR/2007/219: Identifying economic and social constraints for water management in vegetable production in Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) and Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) (AGB)
Collaborating Countries:
Indonesia
Commissioned Organisation:
University of Sydney, Australia
Project Leader
Dr Tihomir Ancev
Phone: 02 9351 6931
Fax: 02 9351 4953
Email: t.ancev@usyd.edu.au
Collaborating Institutions:
  • Assessment Institute for Agricultural Technology (NTT), Indonesia
  • University of Mataram, Indonesia
  • World Education, Indonesia, Indonesia
Project Budget:
$145,524
Project Duration:
01/11/2007 - 31/07/2008
ACIAR Research Program Manager
Mr David Shearer
Project Background and Objectives

New cropping models and water management systems have been developed in Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) and Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) to support the higher value vegetable production industries. Significant investment has been made to develop robust systems suitable for adoption and scale-out within the provincial environment. This project is identifying the key economic and social issues relevant to the use of water storages ('embungs') used in NTT for vegetable growing, cattle raising and human consumption, and of raised bed cropping used for higher value crops in NTB. It is also considering the constraints to the adoption of the new technologies, with particular emphasis on factors that may impact on the sustainability of both systems.

Project Outcomes
Outcomes for this project are currently being prepared