Division of Labour Amongst Innovation Intermediaries in Agricultural Innovation Systems: The Case of Indonesia
Fukugawa, Nobuya; Ambashi, Masahito; Suhud, Yuanita | November 2018
Abstract
Innovation intermediaries are individuals and organisations that enhance connectivity amongst constituencies of national, sectoral, and regional systems of innovation, thereby facilitating knowledge spillover. This paper articulates the whole picture of Indonesia’s agricultural innovation system, with a special focus on how different innovation intermediaries play different roles in technology transfer and knowledge dissemination. First, the public sector accounts for more than half of the actors involved in research and extension, but insufficient routes to transfer local needs to the public sector impede efficient feedback. Second, village unit cooperatives are closely associated with extension workers, suggesting the presence of a feedback mechanism, but many of them face serious financial distress. Third, private agricultural research and development and extension are organised and managed efficiently where they involve fewer internal actors working in an environment with minimal bureaucracy. However, a vague regulatory environment makes it difficult for multinational enterprises to hold a positive view towards agricultural research and development and extension from the public sector. Last, the changing governance system and the ensuing shift in political decision-making have introduced uncertainties to the arrangement of actors and resources in the system, which may take some time to resolve.
Citation
Fukugawa, Nobuya; Ambashi, Masahito; Suhud, Yuanita. 2018. Division of Labour Amongst Innovation Intermediaries in Agricultural Innovation Systems: The Case of Indonesia. © Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/9081.Keywords
Agricultural education
Agricultural information
Agricultural statistics
Agriculture
Sustainable agriculture
Commercial agriculture
Fertilizer Industry
Diseases
Agricultural education
Sustainable development
Environmental management
Safety Education
Water Quality
Animal Diseases
Chemical Fertilizer
Agricultural products
Industrial Production
Industrial Policy
Industrial Equipment
Industrial Facilities
Agricultural diversification
Agricultural resource
Farm produce
Rice farming
Soil science
Agricultural information network
Agricultural landscape management
Farm management
Agricultural innovations
Technological innovations
Agricultural processing industry
Alternative agriculture
Organic dairy farming
Organic floriculture
Organic viticulture
Produce trade
Crop
Organic gardening
Export
Import
International competition
Commercial policy
International trade
Farm population
Agricultural population
Food
Food Supply
Farm supply industry
Produce trade
Fertilizers and Manures
Organic Fertilizers
Artificial Fertilizers
Crop Insurance
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