FAO (Food and Agriculture
Organization) or world food organization is optimistic about the realization of
technopreneurship (entrepreneurship) in Indonesia. One of the ways is that
Indonesia should more intensively do collaboration, including research with
international institutions. Fisheries is one of the potential sectors for the development
of research activities in Indonesia. “We have no money, we cannot products.
But, the international agencies have. We have fertilizers, fish seeds for
research in 100 locations in various villages. From the result of the research,
it can be directed at technopreneurship, to build the local economy, “Director
of FAO’s Fisheries Resources and Aquaculture, Indroyono Susilo, told Business
News some time ago.
However, Indroyono needs to remind Indonesian researchers
to be cautious. This is related to national interest. So far, foreign
researchers also have interests in their own countries. In addition, there are
many foreign researchers who do not comply with regulations. Genetic resources
of Indonesia are the result of the joint research which were eventually taken
abroad. It is very disturbing to the authority of the government and
sovereignty of the country. “Intellectual Property Rights and Patents should be
ours. If they do research in our country, Intellectual Property Rights and
Patents belong to us. Patent-protected results of research should not be done
alone, but must be done by two persons (with other Indonesian researcher).
Because research is a collaboration. And, if it is done by two persons, it can reduce
the risk of transfer of research results.”
In addition, foreign researches are also sorting out
research materials in Indonesia. They sort out while adjusting their research
material to the interests of their country. “It should not be like that. The
research should also fit with our national interests. “All research
collaboration activities with international institutions must produce increase
of capacity of researchers in the country. Research material should also be
adjusted to research and development activities in the country. Foreign
researchers want to do research in Indonesia, and would transfer knowledge and
technology from Indonesian researchers. “Those who come here are S3 (strata
three) candidates. We do not need to teach them. If we teach them, it means
that they succeeded in increasing their capacity.”
The competence of each research activity must also comply
with the research materials. Suppose that the corresponding cooperation
projects, including the development of Indonesia-China Center for Ocean and
Climate Change. All results of research collaboration are recorded. That is,
the research results are not vain, but can be used at any time because it is
stored. “We build ocean observation and climate change stations with China,
there is capacity building. Especially matters with regard to marine potential,
they can be recorded in the station. This is an example of our cooperation with
China which is mutually reinforcing
capacity.”
Indroyono admitted that during work, it is highly
possible to increase cooperation between FAO and Indonesia. He travelled a lot
to different countries in the world, especially Asia Pacific. In this region,
there are still a lot of problems of availability of food or famine.
Cooperation with Indonesia could be in the form of science and technology
development in agriculture, fisheries, and marine. For example, cooperation for
strengthening of food security system with nuclear technology for rice is very
potential for Indonesia. As a result, hunger rate in the world, especially in
Indonesia, could continue to decline. “During the administration of the late
Soeharto, the second president of Indonesia, it has provided assistance of 100
thousand tons of rice to Africa. The assistance is to reduce hanger rate in
some African countries. Indonesia has shown an active role in world food
development. “So it could push Indonesia to more quickly achieve MDGs
(Millennium Development Goals) target by 2015. Because the time is just around
the corner. We were able to reduce the hunger rate in Africa in 1985.”
Meanwhile, Business News observation in the village of
Gumiwang, Banjarnegara, Central Java, is that there was doubt about the
continuity of the production of rice and vegetables. Rice supply from each
family is processed by farmers in Gumiwang village. But some claimed that their
daily needs are lacking. Although almost all kinds of vegetables are produced
by farmers, some families still buy from outside the village. Farmers in the
Gumiwang village are planting vegetables, maize, cassava, rice and so forth.
Types of vegetables include beans, green eggplant, peppers, onions and others.
“But the people here have not been able to rely on rice supply from the paddy
fields,” a farmer in Gumiwang village, Ali told the Business News some time
ago.
Food in security in that village relies on family
traditions. So when there is one family member who experienced a shortage, he
could still rely on other families who are in surplus. Food security network
can be based on the smallest unit, which is the village. In addition to corps,
livestock, catfish, carp and gouramies can still be relied on. Most people buy
catfish seeds. They raise the fish in the ponds in the backyard. There are also
farmers who must find catfish feed, i.e. worms. “They are looking for worms in
the ditches in Purbalingga (about two hours drive from Gumiwang). Then the
worms are used for feeding catfish. After harvest, they sell them the
collectors.” (E)
Business News - February 12, 2014
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