SADI — Small Agribusiness Development Initiative — An Australian
program to boost the rural sector in Eastern Indonesia
The Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Bill Farmer, visited Makassar in April
to launch an Australian program designed to increase rural growth and lift
household incomes in Eastern Indonesia. The A$38 million (Rp 266 billion)
Smallholder Agribusiness Development Initiative (SADI) will concentrate on
improving farmer productivity, establishing better access to markets and adding
value to products both on and off the farm. The initial phase of the program
will focus on four provinces of South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, West Nusa
Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara. Eastern Indonesia is a region with significant
potential, and the rural sector plays an important role in the regional
economy. Yet despite past efforts, productivity and incomes here remain low.
SADI contains three sub-programs: enhancing smallholder production and
marketing; strengthening private sector agribusiness and developing small to
medium enterprise; and supporting market-driven adaptive research and
development. Every development project Australia undertakes in Indonesia is a
partnership. In this case, SADI is a partnership between Australia's
international aid agency, AusAID, and Indonesia's National Development Planning
Agency, BAPPENAS.
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Heading to the farms with the local community following along
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Farmers chatting with Mr Farmer
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Ir. Rachmat Rahman, MSc, researcher from the BPTP-South Sulawesi chatting with
the Ambassador
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Jagung drying ‘in process’ in Gowa
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On The Move — infrastructure projects completed in Aceh
Australia handed over completed infrastructure projects worth more than A$1.5
million to the Acehnese community last month. The projects included 44 new
village halls and a school in Meulaboh, and the new Ministry of Religious
Affairs district office in Aceh Barat. In total 178 halls are being rebuilt
with Australian assistance across the districts of Aceh Barat, Aceh Jaya and
Aceh Besar, an activity under Australia's $40 million Local Governance and
Infrastructure for Communities in Aceh (LOGICA) Project. Overall, Australia has
allocated more than A$250 million to relief and reconstruction in Aceh and
North Sumatra.
Nias water and sanitation project nears completion
A project to restore clear water and sanitation facilities to the remote island
of Nias, North Sumatra is expected to be completed by the end of this month.
The water supply project is providing clean water and sanitation facilities for
more than 2,000 people in the village. The project is progressing well, and
water is available at several distribution points around the village.
It is just over two years after a massive earthquake occurred off the island of
Nias, North Sumatra, on 28 March 2005, and the subsequent crash of an
Australian Navy Sea King Helicopter, which was delivering aid to the island. A
small ceremony marking the second anniversary of the Sea King crash took place
in the village Tuindrau on 2 April 2007, with Australian Defence Force, AusAID
and village representatives attending.
New HIV/AIDS design process nearly complete
The new design for a long-term program of Australian assistance in the HIV/AIDS
sector in Indonesia is nearly complete. It is anticipated that the new program
will commence in February 2008 and be framed within a new partnership, called
the Australia-Indonesia Partnership for HIV (AIPH).
The partnership will support the Government of Indonesia's implementation of
its new National HIV/AIDS Strategy 2007-2010. The goal of the strategy is to
prevent and limit the spread of HIV, improve the quality of life of people
living with HIV and to alleviate socio-economic impacts of HIV/AIDS.
It is planned that the new partnership will also support Indonesia to achieve
the Millennium Development Goal target of halting and reversing the spread of
HIV by 2015.
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