Rural Development, Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Seminars: The Partnership for Australia-Indonesia Research, labour productivity in Indonesia, and Indonesia in the Jokowi era
Event Details
- Date:
- Friday, 06 December 2019
- Time:
- 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
- Room:
- 326
- UQ Location:
- Parnell Building (St Lucia)
- Event category(s):
Event Contact
- Name:
- Dr Dominic Smith
- Phone:
- 52408
- Email:
- d.smith1@uq.edu.au
- Org. Unit:
- Agriculture and Food Sciences
Event Description
- Full Description:
- The Partnership for Australia-Indonesia Research, labour productivity in Indonesia, and Indonesia in the Jokowi era
December 6, 12-1:30pm
St Lucia Parnell Bldg (07) Room 326
Gatton NRSM Bldg (8117a) Room 103 (Videolink)
The seminar will consist of three parts: an introduction to the program “Partnership for Australia-Indonesia Research”; a presentation by Prof Nunung Nuryartono; and a presentation by Kevin Evans.
The Partnership for Australia-Indonesia Research (PAIR)
Dr Scott Waldron, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
The University of Queensland recently joined a consortium of 11 universities to address development issues in South Sulaweisi Province through PAIR, a three-year research program of the Australia-Indonesia Centre. See www.pair.australiaindonesiacentre.org . This session will briefly introduce the program and seeks to identify researchers at UQ working in areas relevant to PAIR including tropical agriculture, economics, transport and infrastructure, young people, education and health.
On the Labour Productivity and Profitability of Indonesian Agriculture
Prof Nunung Nuryartono, Bogor Institute of Agriculture
This presentation will overview the labour productivity and profitability of Indonesian agriculture in different farming systems based on surveys conducted in six provinces in Indonesia. We also estimate Total Factor Productivity (TFP) to analyse sources of agricultural growth. Results show that TFP in agriculture has grown rapidly in the last two decades, mostly brought about by commodity diversification, the allocation of resources to higher-valued commodities and growth in private sector investment, especially in plantations. Labour productivity is highest in poultry, aquaculture some segments of horticulture that have received government attention (e.g. shallots). These changes in labour productivity significantly determines profitability. The variance in farmers' income is explained by the variance in agricultural input, wage rate, land size and education and household size. The results also show that there have been widening gaps between labour productivity in agriculture and that in non-agriculture.
Professor Nunung Nuryartono is Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture, is appointed to the National Research Council, and is Chair of the Presidential Advisory Council of the Republic of Indonesia (Wantimpres). He obtained his Masters degree from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture and a PhD from the University of Goettingen in Germany. His areas of expertise include development economics, microfinance, and public policy.
Indonesia in the Jokowi era
Kevin Evans. Indonesia Director, The Australia-Indonesia Centre
Kevin has been a student of Southeast Asia in general and Indonesia in particular for 35 years. During the 25 years he has lived in Indonesia he has worked as a diplomat, stock broker, academic and NGO activist. From 1998: he worked in the presidential team that drafted the first post-Soeharto-era laws; worked for four years in Aceh on post-tsunami reconstruction especially on corruption prevention; and worked with the President’s Delivery Unit UKP4 advising on environmental governance.
Kevin will also overview the Australia-Indonesia Centre and field questions about PAIR
Further discussions
Anyone interested in further discussions with Nunung, Kevin or on the PAIR program on Friday afternoon 1:30-5:00, pls contact Scott.Waldron@uq.edu.au
Directions to UQ
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- Directions:
- St Lucia Campus | Gatton campus.
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