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Dr. Sushma Kumari S.Kumari@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer and Programme Director- MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Education Lead Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Project Description

Indonesia with its population of 267 million people ranked fourth within the list of most populated countries in the world. Although known as a country of archipelago accounting for more than 13,600 islands, 60% of its population resides in the island of Java with the density of just over 1,000 people every square meter, making it one of the most densely populated agricultural regions in the world. 44% from the total workforce number of 120 million people are employed in the agricultural sector. About 1.9 million farm-households are involved in mostly small-scale cattle farming, giving a direct support to rural livelihoods. Therefore, agricultural and rural development remains central in attempts to improve livelihoods of large numbers of the poor and rural households. The growth in demand for meat in developing economies such as Indonesia underpins a “livestock revolution”, which is regarded as one of the structural shifts to ever affect food markets in developing countries. How this revolution is handled is seen as crucial for the issue of food security, the livelihoods of the rural poor, and environmental sustainability.
On the other hand, one third of all food produced annually is lost or wasted worldwide, costing around one trillion dollars. This problem is particularly sensitive in countries such as Indonesia, where millions of people still suffer from malnutrition. In 2009, the Indonesian Government promoted a national cattle self-sufficiency programme in response to the growing population and rising per capita demand for beef, the latter is due to the rapid growth of the urban middle-class economy. The purpose of this establishment is to educate small-scale farmers on various technical and non-technical aspect of farming in the form of a collective managed farm cooperation involving a collaborative network between the government, industry, and university (Bogor Agriculture Univeristy). It is aimed not only to fulfil the local and national need of beef supply, but also through its certification within the cooperation, it is also hoped to be a hub of cattle export in Indonesia. Thus this programme also seeks to both increase the number of productivity and minimize losses in the production of beef cattle herds. This will influence the continuing evolution of cattle production systems in Indonesia, with significant implications for small-scale producers.
This project then aims to develop an international interdisciplinary collaborative research networks with key stakeholders of the cattle self-sufficiency programme which involves a Triple Helix collaboration (government, academia, and industry) within Indonesia to compare and contrass the beef supply chain practices that are considerd to be a “best practice” in the UK in order to suggest practices that are applicable to small scale farming in Indonesia and specifically to the governments’ self sufficiency programme. Considerably, the “best practices” identified in the UK that are aimed to be suggested to the partners in Indonesia will involve practices of improving an efficient and effective beef production and minimization of food loss within the beef supply chain in Indonesia.

Status Project Complete
Value £3,000.00
Project Dates Feb 28, 2019 - Jul 31, 2019
Partner Organisations University of Indonesia
University of Hull
Bogor Agricultural University
Universitas Trisakti
Sekolah Petani Rakyat


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