Technology use in agriculture should involve Indonesian farmers: Experts

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The implementation of technology in agriculture to boost production as well as to assist unbanked smallholder farmers in Indonesia should involve the grass roots, an expert has said.

Applying technology in the sector should take into account the large share of smallholder farmers in Indonesia, their farming system and their institutional or group structures at the local levels, said Scott Waldron from the University of Queensland’s School of Agriculture and Food Sciences in Australia.