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RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS ROLE IN FRUGAL AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION SYSTEM: SYSTEM THINKING APPROACH Heryanto, Mahra Arari; Supyandi, Dika
Journal of S&T Policy and R&D Management Vol 10, No 2 (2012): Journal of S&T Policy and R&D Management
Publisher : Pusat Penelitian Perkembangan Iptek, LIPI

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As a system, agriculture is a growth engine related to each other: on-farm, off-farm and supporting sub systems. Capital and innovation are main driver of the integrated agriculture (agribusiness system). Hitherto,innovations in agribusiness system (especially on-farm) are still based on farmers’ conventional experiences, which become learning materials that are accumulated into farmers’ knowledge. However, farmer experiences need a long time period and spends a great expense (learning cost), which results in uncompetitive agricultural products related to cost and quality. Agricultural research institutions are still not be able to produce significant innovations for farmers. By the presence of research institution, learning cost and time period can be more efficient, not burden farmers which will reduce farmers income. Conception-adoption model of ST (science and technology) in agribusiness system is the main structure in frugal innovation system that one of its objectives is to produce competitive and qualified agricultural products. Research institution in the agricultural frugal innovation plays a strategic role as agricultural ST conception-adoption accelerator which is efficient and innovative. As a result, farmers can produce high quality products in low cost and high productivity and affect to the farmers income improvement. In practice, these efforts can be delivered by multiply interaction mechanism between farmers and researchers of research institutions in the development of ST agricultural innovation. The next step can be improved as an action research, which means that any research produced must be applied and each activity applied should be a research based.
CONCEPTION-ADOPTION MODEL OF ORGANIC RICE INNOVATION: FARMERS SOCIAL ECONOMY (CASE STUDY IN TASIKMALAYA, WEST JAVA) Heryanto, Mahra Arari
Journal of S&T Policy and R&D Management Vol 12, No 2 (2014): Journal of S&T Policy and R&D Management
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The process of organic rice farming system conception initiated by inter-national market demand for organic rice which is drive businessman to create a partnership with farmer to fullfil the demand. In conception stage, it is running effectively substitue convetional farming with organic farming system. However, conception process which has been running will not continue to adoption stage if this process managed not properly. Social factor (farmer behaviour)is a determinant in farmer decision to adopt organic farming system because of interelations with the economic practically. Technology, environment, attitude and belief interaction in adoption stage more complex than canception stage. This model built qualitatively using system thinking method and social fabric matrix (SFM). Causal loop diagram used to analyze causality of elements interalistionship in conception and adoption stage, thus social fabric matrix used to mapping the element interelation involved in organic farming adoption which is consist of social institution, technology, environment, value and belief, and attitude. This research indicates that adoption stage is critical point that have to be passed in an innovation process. The point is innovation should be managed properly since the conception until adoption that involved social, economy and technology elements.