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Research, Development and Application of National Innovation System of Science and Technology for the Development of Sustainable Oil Palm Agribusiness in Indonesia |
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| Creator | E. Gumbira-Sa?id |
| Title | Research, Development and Application of National Innovation System of Science and Technology for the Development of Sustainable Oil Palm Agribusiness in Indonesia |
| Publisher | Asian Forum on Business Education (AFBE) |
| Publication Year | 2554 |
| Journal Title | AFBE Journal |
| Journal Vol. | 4 |
| Journal No. | 1 |
| Page no. | 296 |
| Keyword | National Innovation System,research and development,business networking,sustainable oil palm agribusiness,focus group discussion |
| ISSN | 2071-7873 |
| Abstract | Strong efforts of the government, private sector, farmers and other stakeholders in developing oil palm agribusiness in Indonesia has succeeded in placing Indonesia as the highest producer of palm oil in the world since 2007. However, global challenges have put a lot of pressure on the sustainability of oil palm agribusiness in Indonesia, due to the issues of climatic change, the worries of environmental degradation, and business rivalry from other vegetable oils producers. Therefore, a national innovation system that supports research, development and business networking for sustainable oil palm agribusiness has to be established in Indonesia. This study was done to observe research and development activities within the framework of the national innovation system, and to find the networking of R&D and business activities among the national innovation systems' actors in the Indonesian oil palm agribusiness. Some methods were used in the study, namely assessment using questionnaires, focus group discussion and surveys on the relevant objects. Some experts, and oil palm agribusiness and agro industry practitioners were involved in the study, as well as postgraduate students pursuing Masters' and Doctoral degrees in Agribusiness management and Agro industrial technology. The results of the study show that the assessment's scores of the postgraduate students on the main elements of the national innovation system were higher than that of the experts and business practitioners. However, using the successful role of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) as a reference, the experts and business practitioners required that the Indonesian government give better political support in improving the education and R&D system, industrial system, providing an intermediaries research institution, and providing complete supra and special infrastructure. In the framework conditions, it was found that R&D promotion, institutional networking, availability of a business park or business cluster, as well as business ventures in developing sustainable oil palm agribusiness were still weak. The only good results of the assessment were found on the human resource development of oil palm, while the commercialization of R&D results, science and technology infrastructure and the availability of business incubators were not well established. Some R&D activities and business networking have been identified, in which, at the present, the Indonesian Oil palm Research Institute (IOPRI) plays as a main player, and which have R&D and business network linkages with government R&D and policy units, the R&D units of the private sector and big industry players, leading universities in both national and local levels, as well as with the national oil palm business associations are also important players. |
