Research Article
Development Status and Challenges of Organic Rice Farming in Indonesia
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.23-10-2019.2293038, author={Sujianto Sujianto and Endro Gunawan and Avishek Datta}, title={Development Status and Challenges of Organic Rice Farming in Indonesia}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 13th International Interdisciplinary Studies Seminar, IISS 2019, 30-31 October 2019, Malang, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={IISS}, year={2020}, month={3}, keywords={development organic rice farming}, doi={10.4108/eai.23-10-2019.2293038} }- Sujianto Sujianto
Endro Gunawan
Avishek Datta
Year: 2020
Development Status and Challenges of Organic Rice Farming in Indonesia
IISS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.23-10-2019.2293038
Abstract
Rice (Oryza sativa) plays an essential role in Asian countries with 90% of world production, consumption, and stocks in this region, including Indonesia. The total of certified organic rice areas was increasing significantly from 1,142.3 ha (2012) to be 3,152.5 ha in 2016, with the average growth of 21 %, annually. The main objective of study is to explore the new status of organic rice farming and identify the constraints, challenges, and opportunities addressed to the local and globalized world market. Organic rice production is still in the initiation stage, concentrated in populated islands, and cultivated in small spot areas produced unevenly over regions. Indonesian organic rice has many opportunities, challenges, and constraints. Many assessments showed that organic rice is more profitable than conventional rice due to its premium price, prospectus market both from domestic and international demand, and government support. Organic rice farming (ORF) is closely related to factors endowment suitability. Organic rice farming mostly has a different utilized variety. It has a minimum of information about technological cultivation, fertilization, and soil management. Some constraints are lack of organic fertilizer, land suitability, farmers’ knowledge adopting GAP, and consumers’ awareness. The critical challenge is how to cultivate organic rice with higher productivity while mitigating and decreasing the emission.