1. Agroforestry Research in Indonesia:
Where to go for the next two decades
By:
Dede Rohadi and Tuti Herawati
World Agroforestry Congress
New Delhi, 10 February 2014

2. Background
 Agroforestry has long been practiced in
Indonesia
 Agroforestry is yet to be an important
mainstream component within forestry
development policy in Indonesia
 Strong commitments among DG of
FORDA and DG of ICRAF to develop
agroforestry research in Indonesia
 Appointments of authors to set up the
National Strategy for Agroforestry
Research (NSAR)

3. Process of setting up the NSAR
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Initial draft (Dec 2011)
Internal Review (Jan 2012)
Field visits (January-February 2012)
Expert Meeting (Feb 2012)
Workshop and public hearing (July
2012)
6. Final Review (December 2012)
7. Soft launching (Jan 2013)
8. Book Launching (Aug 2013)

4. Vision and Missions
Vision:
Agroforestry is widely adopted by
communities as an integrated land use
system that can bridge the efforts in
enhancing the productivity of agricultural
land and forests to meet the demand for
food, shelter, energy and other
environmental services as a buffer of life,
which is based on the development of
science and technology in accordance
with local wisdom

5. Vision and Missions
Missions:
1. To undertake research and development to
contribute to achieve National Forestry
Planning targets;
2. To develop partnerships and engagements
between stakeholders in the development of
agroforestry science and technology in
Indonesia;
3. To mainstream agroforestry into forestry
development practices and to promote the
role of agroforestry as a bridging function
between agriculture and forestry.

6. Challenges and Opportunities
Underlying Priority Research Themes
• Challenges
1.
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3.
4.
Poverty
Tenure conflicts
Trade off conservation vs development
Community Based Forest Management
program
5. Anticipation of global climate change
6. Unsystematic research approach
• Opportunities
1. Pool of knowledge
2. Policy supports on Community Based
Forestry program
3. Potential partners

7. Priority Research Themes
1.Smallholder Production Systems and
Markets of Agroforestry Practices
2.Community Based Forest
Management on State Forest Areas
3.Harmonization of Agroforestry
Practices with Global Climate Change
4.Enhancing Agroforestry Practices for
Environmental Services

8. Research Implementation
Strategy
1. Research approach
2. Dissemination strategy of
research results
3. Capacity building
4. Research funding
5. Impact pathway

9. Research themes
Research Theme 1:
• Strengthening market access
and bargaining power of farmers;
• Increasing productivity and
maintaining sustainable yields;
• Improving policies and
regulations in the marketing
system.
Research Theme 2:
• Strengthening/clarifying
community rights over forests,
lands, and forest products;
• Improving policies and
regulations for the CommunityBased Forest Management
program;
• Increasing productivity and
environmental services.
Research Theme 3:
• Increasing farmers’ capacities to
cope with the risks of climate
change;
• Providing attractive incentive
schemes for agroforestry
activities;
• Improve policies to support the
mainstreaming of agroforestry
Research Theme 4:
• Developing business models of
agroforestry;
• Increasing productivity and
maintaining sustainable yields;
• Providing agroforestry
technologies;
• Strengthening local institutions
Impact Strategies
• Good research
planning;
• Development
of
partnerships
in research
implementation;
• Development
of action
research and
integrated
research;
• Application of
sentinel sites
in research
implementation;
• Appropriate
strategies
developed to
disseminate
research
results;
• Development
of internal and
external
capacities;
• Development
of a flexible
and
accountable
research
funding
system;
• Development
of alternative
research
funds.
Outcomes
Impacts
• Farmers accustomed to more
profitable collective marketing;
• Application of best practices in
agroforestry businesses;
• Establishment of mutually
beneficial partnerships between
farmers and industries.
• Efficient and
effective conduct
of agroforestry
research
activities, which
contribute to
achieving the
targets stated in
RKTN 2012-2030;
• Well developed
partnerships
between various
parties involved in
agroforestry
research;
• Development
practices of
forestry and
related sectors
mainstreamed by
agroforestry.
• Resolution of conflicts between
communities and the
government on the use of forest
areas;
• Smooth implementation of the
Community Based Forest
Management program;
• Management of forests in
accordance with their functions
• Farmers better prepared to
tackle the consequences of
climate change;
• Investments by actors (farmers
and industries) in agroforestry
practices to increase carbon
stocks;
• Well developed agroforestry
business models with positive
impacts to increase carbon
stocks.
• Well developed agroforestry
business models with good
impacts on environmental
services (for example, water and
mangrove ecosystems;
• Increase in vegetation cover in
critical mountainous areas
Wide adoption of
agroforestry by
communities in
their land use
systems with the
capacity to bridge
multiple objectives
of forestry
development

10. Thank You