📋 Tender Overview
Project code
AGB/2021/124
Program
Agribusiness
Budget
AUD 3,799,033
Research program manager
Mr David Shearer
Project leader
Dr David McGill
Commissioned organisation
Central Queensland University
Duration:
MAY 2024APR 2029
Project status
Legally committed/Active
Overview
This project aims to increase production and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farming households in the Indonesian dairy sector. The project will support village-level milk cooperatives to deliver improved services and increase value chain participation for farmer members.
The project follows on from the 6-year project 'Improving milk supply, competitiveness and livelihoods in smallholder dairy chains in Indonesia' (AGB/?2012/?099).
Known as IndoDairy 1, the first project identified the importance of village-level milk cooperatives as the primary input, extension and service providers to address challenges throughout the value chain. Two successful approaches to achieve sustainable on-farm practice change were 1) inclusive partnerships across the value chain and 2) participatory extension approaches.
Understanding the diversity and capacity of cooperatives across the major dairy producing areas of Indonesia is essential to scale practice changes. IndoDairy 2 will research and understand a range of approaches to service provision within cooperatives that have been shown to be successful in different contexts. These approaches include:
participatory extension to support the farmer learning process
access to inputs and supplies
linkages to credit and financial institutions
communication strategies with members
timeliness, transparency, and fairness of payment mechanisms for members.
