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.
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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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