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Agriculture in Indonesia is one of the key sectors within the Indonesian economy. In the last 50 years, the sector's share in national gross domestic product has decreased considerably, due to the rise of industrialisation and service sector. Nevertheless, for the majority of Indonesian households, farming and plantation remains as a vital ...
The Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (Indonesian: Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pertanian, abbreviated as Balitbangtan) abbreviated in English as IAARD was a supporting unit of the Ministry of Agriculture which is responsible for state research, development, and innovation in the field of agriculture in Indonesia.
Sustainable agriculture – applied science that integrates three main goals, environmental health, economic profitability, and social and economic equity. These goals have been defined by various philosophies, policies, and practices, from the vision of farmers and consumers. Perspectives and approaches are very diverse. The following topics ...
The Agency for Agricultural Assemblies and Modernization (Indonesian: Badan Perakitan dan Modernisasi Pertanian, BPMP), formerly Agricultural Instruments Standardization Agency (Indonesian: Badan Standardisasi Instrumen Pertanian, BSIP), is the supporting unit of the Ministry of Agriculture which is responsible for the engineering, assembly, testing, dissemination, and application of modern ...
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) (or climate resilient agriculture) is a set of farming methods that has three main objectives with regards to climate change. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Firstly, they use adaptation methods to respond to the effects of climate change on agriculture (this also builds resilience to climate change ).
[1] [2] SDG 2 highlights the "complex inter-linkages between food security, nutrition, rural transformation and sustainable agriculture". [3] According to the United Nations, there were up to 757 million people facing hunger in 2023 – one out of 11 people in the world, [4] which accounts for slightly less than 10 percent of the world ...
[104] [106] In sustainable agriculture, the services that ecosystems provide include pollination, soil formation, and nutrient cycling, all of which are necessary functions for the production of food. [107] It is also claimed sustainable agriculture is best considered as an ecosystem approach to agriculture, called agroecology. [108]
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