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Climate Resilient Agriculture Investigation and Innovation Project (CRAIIP)
SLE supports a solution oriented research cooperation project in Indonesia, funded by Brot für die Welt and titled “Climate resilient agriculture investigation and innovation project” (CRAIIP)Local partners are a community organising program of the church of Toraja, Kondoran, the Indonesian farmer organisation for integrated farming, IPPHTI, and the Uuniversities in Makassar, UNHAS,and Bandung, UNPAD. In nine villages in southern Sulawesi and western Java, small farmers will be supported in conducting field experiments, in order to test innovative agricultural methods and to assess their climate resilience. Important for this is not only high productivity, but also resilience of the crops, soil fertility and economic questions. The experiments are adjusted to the most urgent needs of the farmers. This includes issues like disease and parasites with chili pepper, apical-blossom end rot of tomatoes, caused by a disparity of calcium and crop losses due to field mice and rats. Another goal of the research cooperation is establishing participatory innovation development (PID) in the universities. Additionally to workshops and meetings with the “farmer researchers”, lectures at the partner universities are planned. The first of many lectures was held in front of students and lecturers, on September 11th 2017, at Hasanuddin University (UNHAS). UNHAS in Makassar partakes in the field research with three lecturers and multiple students.
Attached is a link to UNHAS’ web presence, reporting on the signing of the cooperation agreement between Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and UNHAS, and the opening event, including the guest lecture of SLEs’ Dr. Silke Stöber.
Projekt team:
| Name |
Function |
Organisation |
| Dr. Silke Stöber |
supervision |
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, SLE |
| Nedim Sulejmanovic |
student assistant |
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, SLE |
| Tandu Rambu |
manager |
Gereja Toraja |
| Kustiwa Adinata |
manager |
IPPHTI |
| Khais Prayoga |
promotion |
UNPAD (Universitas Padjadjaran) |
| Dr. Hari Iswoyo |
scientific assistant |
UNHAS (Universitas Hasanuddin) |
| Dr. Neni Rostini |
scientific assistant |
UNPAD (Universitas Padjadjaran) |
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The soils used for rice production are low in humus and drained. The have a low water-retention capacity and break apart in the increasingly extreme dry seasons (cracked soil).
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Not only the low-emission system of rice intensification (SRI) but also green manure experiments with Sesbania Rostrata and Azolla Pinnata (an aquatic fern) are to increase climate resilience.
News on CRAIIP
Lectures:
- Presentation on Sustainable food systems in a changing climate at the UNPAD-Faculty of Agriculture (September 2019)
- Presentation on Working together in climate field labs for sustainable food production at the 2nd International Conference on Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics /UNHAS-Faculty of Agriculture (September 2019)
- Presentation at the House of Indonesian Cultures, Berlin (February 2019) on: Heavy Rain and Sea Level Rise
- Workshop on scientific writing (November 2018): Short Workshop on Important Steps to Consider when Publishing in an International Journal - Workshop Massakar
- Presentation on organic agriculture at the national seminar Bandung (October 2018): Farmer researchers and organic agriculture – examples from Europe and lessons learned from CRAIIP
- Lecture on "Climate change adaptation" at the UNHAS, Massakar, Indoesia (March 2018): Small-scale farmers adaptation to climate change - influencing factots, adaptation strategies and gaps
- Lecture at the CRAIIP Joint Workshop "Climate Resilient Agriculture Investigation and Innovation Project" in Pangandaran, Jawa Barat, Indonesia (September 2017): Dissemination and upscaling
- Lecture on "Climate-resilient innovations in smallholder agriculture" at UNPAD, Bandung, Indonesia (September 2017): Theory and practical implications for farmer-led research
- Lecture at the CRAIIP Planning Workshop "Climate Resilient Agriculture Investigation and Innovation Project" in Jakarta (November 2016): Introduction to Humboldt Centre for Rural Development
Good Practice Notes:
- Good practice note for climate-resilient agriculture (October 2018): Organic rice farming
- Good practice note for climate-resilient agriculture(October 2018): Natural Pest Control in Chili
- Catatan praktek terbaik Motivator Kondoran untuk pertanian tahan iklim (October 2018): Pengendalian Hama Secara Alami Pada Tanaman Cabai
