PRIMA TANI: A new concept to accelerate resources mobilization for promoting rural agribusiness

1. PRIMA TANI: A new concept to accelerate resources mobilizationfor promoting rural agribusiness Seminar on Networking of the Agricultural Technology Transfer and TrainingBogor, 29 November 2005

2. Background • Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD) has been successful in providing the agricultural innovations • The speed of the dissemination and the adoption of the innovative technologies by the users have been slowing down • new innovative technologies from the IAARD required at least2 years to reach the 50 % of the extension specialists • About 6 years to be acknowledged by 80 % of the extension specialists

3. Background (Cont.) • The delivery sub-system and the receiving sub-system are believed to be the bottleneck causing the slow down of the dissemination process and the adoption by the farmers • It is needed an activity to transfer the innovation technologies through the demonstration at farmers field • A new concept of dissemination is called PRIMA TANI

4. What is Prima Tani? • Program Rintisan dan Akselerasi Pemasyarakatan Inovasi Teknologi Pertanian–Initiation and acceleration of agricultural innovation technologies transfer program • Prima Tani is a new concept for accelerating the dissemination process of the agribusiness innovations developed by the IAARD • A direct bridging-linkage between the IAARD and the delivery institutions and the users of the innovations • A media for participatory assessments of the agribusiness innovations

5. Objectives • To accelerate and to optimize the adoption level of innovative technologies, and to obtain feed-back information from the users • Prima Tani has double functions. • as dissemination mode, • as a field laboratory for research and development

6. Dissemination mode • To design and facilitate the growth and the management of science- and innovative technology-based farm plot • To build a decentralized provision system of basic-technologies (foundation seeds, prototypes of farm equipments, processing industries, etc.)

7. Dissemination mode (Cont.) • To provide information, consultations, and field-school for problem-solving through the implementation of agribusiness innovation • To facilitate and to enhance the capacities of the local community and government in the self-maintaining of the science- and innovative technology-based farm plot management

8. Field laboratory of Agricultural R & D • To conduct technologies assessment for evaluating and improving the field performance of the technologies developed by the IAARD • To conduct participatory research on the development of improved technologies, together with the direct users target • To explore the preference and the characteristics of the users as basic information for formulating the architecture of innovative technologies

9. Strategies • Implementing innovative technologies through participatory research and development, based on the research for development paradigm • Building a model of innovative-technology-based competitive and sustainable agribusiness by integrating the innovation system and the agribusiness system

10. Strategies (Cont.) • Promoting the diffusion and replication process of innovative technology through expo, field laboratory, information technology and dissemination, advocacy, and facility • Using two development bases in implementing the program namely the agro-ecological zones (AEZ) and socio-economic conditions of the rural communities

11. Outputs • The development of science- and technology-based Industrial Agribusiness Unit (IAU) and Diversified Intensified Farming System (DIFS) in the specific area, • a representation of a complete agribusiness development • a link and match amongst the agribusiness sub-systems, agro-ecosystems, technology content, local institution and the increase of farmers welfare

12. Benefits • The increase of new innovative contents on the agribusiness system • The increase of the efficiency in the agricultural production system, trade, and consumptions • The increase of the IAARD responsible values/prestiges as an agricultural innovative producers through the acceleration of innovative technologies dissemination and adoption by the users

13. Approaches • Agro-ecosystems • Agribusiness • Administrative based area • Institutional • Welfare

14. Development modes • Introduction Mode The development of technology innovation and sub system support is differ with that of the existing agribusiness structure

15. Development modes • Renovation Mode • reinventing of the existing agribusness throughthe system reformation, business, public services andinstitutions • renovation and revitalisation of technologies and institutions

16. Road Map of Prima Tani

17. Agricultural Resources Mobilization • Land resources • Human resources • Innovative technologies and institutions development • Capitals

18. Land resources 3 different land resources : rice fields dry land swampy land

19. Land resources (Cont.) • 7 different sub-agro-ecosystems • Intensive rice field • semi-intensive rice field • wet climate high (> 700 m) areas • wet climate low (< 700 m) areas • dry climate high (> 700 m) areas • dry climate low (< 700 m) areas • tidal swamp areas

20. Human resources • Farmers are the main actors • Extension workers will be the main actor • Local resources such as AIATs people and the Dinas (Agricultural offices) people

21. Innovative technologies and institutions development • Innovative technologies and institutions development • Innovations duplication and distribution • Innovation implementation

22. Institute (Balit) Tecnologies “good will” Farmers/other users Technologies implementation Technology flow Extention people Information and knowledge Fig 3. Innovation system at early stage

23. Agricultural technology institutes Commersial Technologies AIATs Source and distribute technologies Institutes Sources of technologies Farming system Technologies implementation Agribusness clinic Informations and knowledges Fig. 4. Innovation system at refinement stage

24. Agricultural technology institutes/ Local nursary Basic technology/stock Commersial technology producent Basic technology Institutes Source of technology Farming system Technology implementation AIATs Source and distribute technology Sertification institutes Extention people Informations and knowledges Fig. 5. Innovation system at the commersialization stage

25. Capitals • One of the problems that is facing by farmers is the unavailability of working capital, because they have no access to any source of capital • The linkages between farmers and the bank

26. Promoting agribusiness Commercial tech. producers Innovation system Local Inst./ University Center/ Institute AIAT • Agribusiness Clinic • Readily tech. info. • Market info • Capital info • Feedback of tech.needs Inputs Agribusiness system Agr.prod Machinary service Capital Post harvest. Market

27. Implementation 14 provinces, 21 locations, 7 Sub agro-ecosystem: • intensive paddy fields • semi intensive paddy fields • dry climate low altitutes • dry climate high altitudes • wet climate low altitudes • wet climate high altitudes • tidal swamp areas

28. Steps of activities • Characterization and identification for sites selection • Model designs including (a) laboratory of agribusiness, (b) budget planning, and (c) organization planning • Implementation • Monitoring and evaluation

29. Locations of Prima Tani implementation and the major commodities in each sub agro-ecosystem in 14 prov. IPF: intensive paddy fields; SIPF: semi intensive paddy fields; WCLA: wet climate low altitude areas; WCUA: wet climate high altitude areas; DCLA: dry climate low altitude areas; DCUA: dry climate high altitude areas; TSA: tidal swamp areas; NTSA: non tidal swamp areas

30. Locations to be planed for 2006 IPF: intensive paddy fields; SIPF: semi intensive paddy fields; WCLA: wet climate low altitude areas; WCUA: wet climate high altitude areas; DCLA: dry climate low altitude areas; DCUA: dry climate high altitude areas

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