Indonesia
Sustainable Management of Agricultural Research
and Technology Dissemination

 Description                                                      Development Challenge
                                                                  Historically, over several decades following Independence,
 Purpose: To improve the institutional capacity and
 performance of the Indonesian Agency for                         progress in agriculture has been a major driver of Indonesia's
 Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD) to                 impressive economic growth and reduction in poverty. In spite
 develop and disseminate relevant and demand-                     of rapid urbanization and strong economic growth, agriculture
 driven innovative technologies, meeting the needs of
 producers and of the agri-food system.                           continues to play an important role in Indonesia's economy.
 Expected Results (include): Establishment of a
                                                                  Public support and spending in agriculture have dwindled
 research collaboration fund. Scaling up of the                   considerably during the past decade, although this trend has
 competitive local innovation fund. Commercialization             been reversed in the last couple of years. While Indonesia is
 of research products. Improvement of Technology
 Dissemination Systems and in research
                                                                  one of the largest agricultural economies in Asia, it spends
 infrastructure and facilities.                                   proportionally less on agricultural R&D than most Asian
 IBRD Financing: $80 million
                                                                  countries. Another issue is the relative underperformance of
                                                                  Indonesian research in terms of research outputs.

                                                                  Project Description
                                                                  The projects supports human resource development and
                                                                  management to strengthen the scientific skills and research
                                                                  capacities of IAARD's professional staff. The project also
                                                                  supports improvement in research infrastructure and facilities
                                                                  to rehabilitate, improve and upgrade the physical
                                                                  infrastructure of some of the operational units. Lastly, the
                                                © World Bank      project includes research management and policy support,
                                                                  project managements, monitoring and evaluation.
For more information:
http://www.worldbank.org/projects/P117243/sustainable-management-agricultural-research-technology-dissemination-smartd?lang=en
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