13 results match your criteria: "Research Center for Behavioral and Circular Economics[Affiliation]"

In the agricultural sector, labor reduction is a significant obstacle to increasing potato production and the use of machinery is considered an effective solution. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the potential and profitability of implementing agricultural machinery and develop a specific strategy in Banjarnegara Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. Data collection was carried out from September 2021 to April 2022, and the demonstration farming (demfarm) method was used to test three technology package, with and without agricultural machinery and with existing technology as a control.

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  • - The study investigated the prevalence of a zoonotic pathogen in rodents from densely populated coastal areas of Banyuwangi Sub District, Indonesia, which has been less studied despite its significance to public health.
  • - Researchers captured and analyzed 169 rodents from three villages using various methods, revealing two species with infection rates of approximately 23-24% across the villages, with the highest rate found in Kampung Mandar.
  • - Findings showed no significant difference in infection rates between male and female rodents, indicating that both species pose a risk as potential sources of the pathogen for humans in the studied regions.
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Stunting and its association with education and cognitive outcomes in adulthood: A longitudinal study in Indonesia.

PLoS One

May 2024

Doctorate in Economics Program, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.

Background: Stunting is associated with adverse outcomes in adulthood. This article specifically aims to analyse the relationship between childhood stunting and education as well as cognitive outcomes for adults in Indonesia.

Methods: Pooled data from wave one (1) and two (2) of the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) in 1993 and 1997 identified a sub-sample of 4,379 children aged 0-5 by their height-for-age (HAZ) to be compared for their differences in educational outcomes and cognitive abilities in 2014.

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By integrating balanced rice growing technology components, getting rice organoleptic tests from the rice produced, and learning about the community acceptability of the applied technology components, this study seeks to ascertain the growth response and NSV production of specific and site-specific rice. The study was carried out in rice paddies. five different types of technology bundles in a randomized group trial design.

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The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) technology has revolutionized numerous fields, with its applications spanning finance, engineering, healthcare, and more. In recent years, AI's potential in addressing environmental concerns has garnered significant attention. This review paper provides a comprehensive exploration of the impact that AI has on addressing and mitigating critical environmental concerns.

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As a result of plans to relocate the Indonesian capital city to East Kalimantan province, Kalimantan is expected to develop rapidly and the surrounding regencies and provinces will become food support areas for the new capital. However, the vulnerability of food farming in Kalimantan is a concern that must be addressed to ensure food security. This study aims to assess the vulnerability of food farming at the regency level of the island of Kalimantan, to assess the determinant factors of the food farming vulnerability and to compose adaptation measures that can reduce vulnerability.

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Tomato commodity ranks fifth regarding vegetable export volume and value in Indonesia. The main issues with tomato production in Indonesia are seemingly its lack of variations, quantity, quality, and supply continuity. This study aimed to analyze the comparative and the competitive advantages of tomato farming, evaluate the government policy on inputs, outputs, and input-output sectors, and formulate strategic for transforming the comparative advantage into a competitive advantage.

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  • - The agri-food industry contributes significantly to global waste, prompting interest in utilizing agri-food by-products to create sustainable fish feed, with research on this topic growing at 18.65% annually from 2019 to 2022.
  • - A study analyzed 922 research papers from various countries, identifying Dawood M.A.O. as the leading author and noting China as the most productive nation in this field.
  • - Key research areas include sustainable aquaculture, the use of waste in fish feed, and the development of a circular economy, highlighting the increasing academic focus on self-sufficient fish feed from agri-food waste.
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Low-income communities have limited capital and access to money or loans from formal financial institutions. To solve the problems, the government provides solutions, one of them is by forming a microfinance program, namely Rural Agribusiness Business Development (PUAP). PUAP program is one of the grant activities to farmer group association (Gapoktan) with a total capital assistance of IDR 100 million.

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Global food consumption tends to rise more quickly than supply. This has to do with important global issues like population growth. Additionally, global conflicts are going to hinder the distribution of food.

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The Indonesian rice production balance has managed to show a slightly consistent surplus recently, in the period of 2010 to 2021, but the country has continued to import rice to secure its rice reserve. The country has also made some efforts to increase its domestic rice production and, at the same time, faced ecological, socio-cultural, economic, institutional, and technological sustainability challenges. Previous studies on rice sustainability have shown varied results on the sustainability statuses and sensitive factors in Indonesia, yet there have been limited studies identifying key factors systematically.

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The study was aimed at obtaining a vermicelli formulation on a mixture of corn and rice flour, adding carrageenan and its economic analysis. The experiment applied a 2-factorial randomized block design, where factor 1 was a mixture of corn and rice flour (5 levels) and factor 2 was carrageenan concentration (5 levels), repeated three times. The data were analyzed using ANOVA provided in SPSS.

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Lens on Tropical Sericulture Development in Indonesia: Recent Status and Future Directions for Industry and Social Forestry.

Insects

October 2022

Research Center for Ecology and Ethnobiology, Research Organization for Life Sciences and Environment, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Bogor 16911, Indonesia.

The domestic silkworm or mulberry silk moth, L., provides more than 99% of the world's silk. Silk, as a sericulture product, was first introduced in Indonesia through a trade mechanism and began to develop in 1953.

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