Improved Incomes for Smallholder Farmers

Productivity and
Diversification

Rice Fertilizers
Diversification Cassava Innovation
and Pesticide
Guiding Framework (Strategy)

• Understanding the existing innovations already undertaken by the

market players and inserting feedback loops to improve the ability to
further develop the innovation. This can be done in the form of
research or testing different innovative ideas.
• Stimulating non-existent innovations, spurring R&D activities which
can be something completely new, something with unpredictable
outcomes, or something that may not show visible success yet.
Key Criteria for any Intervention
Potential to
Commercialization
address market
of the innovation
constraints
Analysis the Potentials of ICT

• Commission AgriToday, an online magazine on

agriculture, to study the effect of their
agricultural magazine on Facebook and
website. The survey showed that only 14% of
the respondents were farmers (78/538
samples)
• Commission a study on the use of mobile
phone in rural area.
Past Attempt

• ICT4Ag competition – to
stimulate innovation
• Only two applications
from individuals.
Potential Intervention and Others

An online magazine AgriToday and a Microfinance

Institution AMK provide support services to farmer
clients through credit officers and technical
agricultural content.

ICT4Ag
Exploration
• E-commerce and Cooperative – Angkoron
• Agricultural Financing Model - AMK, Credit, Amru Rice
• Local Market – Makro