Secondary Crops Based Agribusiness Development: Its Role in Poverty Alleviation and Food Security Improvement

摘要

In July 2006, CAPSA, in collaboration with the Indonesian Centre for Food Crops Research and Development (ICFORD), held a national seminar on "Secondary Crops Based Agribusiness Development in Indonesia". The objectives of the seminar were to bring together farmers, researchers and related stakeholders to discuss the constraints and problems of secondary crop development and to formulate strategic policy options to develop secondary crop agribusiness for poverty alleviation and food security. The seminar was attended by ninety participants consisting of policymakers from the related directorate generals, research and development centres of the Ministries of Agriculture, Industry and Trade; universities; representatives of secondary crop agribusinesses; related professional associations; and resource persons such as senior scientists, producers and farmers involved in secondary crop agribusiness development.