IMPLEMENTATION OF PUAP PROGRAM (PENGEMBANGAN USAHA AGRIBISNIS PERDESAAN/ RURAL AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EFFORT) IN NGAWI REGENCY
Implementation Of PUAP Program (Pengembangan Usaha Agribisnis Perdesaan/ Rural Agribusiness Development Effort) In Ngawi Regency. The Indonesian Government through the Ministry of agriculture in 2008 the new policy to overcome the basic problem faced released by the farmers through capital assistance given to Gapoktan (Gabungan Kelompok Tani/joint of farmer group) in poor villages, every Gapoktan receive donation Rp. 100.000.000,00 to  create Microfinance Institution-Agriculture (MFI-A). This policy is known as PUAP (Pengembangan Usaha Agribisnis Perdesaan/Rural Agribusiness Developement). In this research I want to analyze the implementation of PUAP program in Ngawi Regency in order to know why in such gapoktan this program can be well implemented while in others gapoktan cannot. And finally we can design the better implementation of PUAP program in Ngawi Regency. To conduct this research, I will start by stating two basic questions: What are the supporting factors implementations of the PUAP program? And what are constraining factors of implementations of the PUAP program?. The research result shows that the constraining factors consist of: Socialization process conducted by gapoktan still not optimal, The lack of an existing Penyelia Mitra Tani in Ngawi, The lack of willingness of the officials of gapoktan to work, no assessments from the government to actors involved in PUAP program, The abuse of authority by the officials of gapoktan, Bad appointment of bureaucrats in gapoktan, Lack of financial support, fragmentation among companions. While for supporting factors consist of : Principle of openness that has been implemented by official of gapoktan, Good behavior had by most of actors involved in the implementation of PUAP program.
PEMBANGUNAN SISTEM AGRIBISNIS DI INDONESIA DAN PERANAN PUBLIC RELATION
Mistook of economic development strategy in lastime and economic crisis prolonged with various its excess, to compel Indonesia choice alternative strategy in development of economic, which hoped able to give solution of existing problems, without appear new problems. Among some economic development strategy which fulfill the some conditions is Agribusiness Led Development, namely a strategy of economic development which integrate development of agriculture (include estate crop, animal husbandry, fishery, and forestry) with development of agro-industry and linkage services setors. Development strategy of agribusiness system to be convinced able to lead Indonesia economy has competitiveness and sinergys in the world economy. To develop the agribusiness system competitiveness, people-driven, sustainable and decentralized are resposible all of agribusiness stake-holder, suitable with each role. The entreprise is main actors of development agribusiness, the government have a role as facilitator, regulator and promotor of agribusiness development, the researcher have a role to develop of technology, education have a role to increase skill of human resources. Meanwhile, public relation profession have a role to build public good image, for development of agribusiness as well as for firm and agribusiness products. Special about the role of public relation (PR) in development of agribusiness system in Indonesia untill now still not develop yet. Whereas, PR functions very needed in development of agribusiness system, start from macro level till micro level. At macro level, role of PR hoped able to develop good image about importance to develop agribusiness in national economic development.
Paving the Way Forward for Rural Finance An International Conference on Best Practices Risk Management Risk Management Challenges in Rural Financial Markets : Blending Risk Management Innovations with Rural Finance
All views, interpretations, recommendations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are those of the author (s) and not necessarily those of the supporting or collaborating institutions. The ideas are copyrighted by Jerry Skees. Please email your comments to jskees@globalagrisk.com Anne Goes and Celeste Sullivan provided valuable assistance in drafting and editing this paper. Appreciation also goes out to Jason Hartell, Kimathi Miriti, and reviewers from the conference for their valuable input into the paper. ABSTRACT Rural finance is about managing risk. Lenders can effectively pool and aggregate risk held by a large number of borrowers if the risk they face is largely independent. A major advantage of microfinance entities and other forms of collective action has been the ability to pool risk. However, correlated risk can not be pooled. Small rural finance entities (RFEs) are simply not capable of pooling and managing correlated risk on their own. Agriculture remains a dominant activity in many rural economies of the poorest nations in the world. A large majority of the poorest households in the world are directly linked to agriculture in some fashion. Risks in agriculture are correlated. When one household suffers bad fortune it is likely that many are suffering. When agricultural commodity prices decline everyone faces a lower price. When there is a natural disaster that destroys either crops or livestock, many suffer. Insurance markets are sorely lacking in most developing and emerging economies, and rarely do local insurance markets emerge to address correlated risk problems. There a numerous challenges in developing financial markets to manage risk in developing countries. Many of these are reviewed in this paper. Nonetheless, there is hope. This paper builds upon that hope by reviewing innovations in global financial markets that provide unique opportunities for RFEs to manage correlated risk and expand their ability to help rural households. Two innovations offering the most hope are: 1) the use of global futures markets by intermediaries who can offer a form of price insurance; and 2) the use of index insurance contracts to shift natural disaster risk into the global markets. Recommendations are offered for blending these forms of index insurance and rural finance.