FOREWORD
 Modern
agricultural technology, coupled with better management
practices, has helped greatly to improve productivity
on farms and to increase the value-adding activities
of farmers/farmers groups in Asia. The latter,
in particular, haves been positively promoted
by governments by providing incentives to develop
agribusiness activities in the countryside. To
be sure, agribusinesses are complex enterprises
that integrate agricultural production, value-added
processing, packaging, distribution, and marketing
activities. They entail greater risk than simple
farming and require specific skills and experience.
Accordingly, in November 2000, the APO organized
in Indonesia a Seminar on Development of Agribusiness
Enterprises to assess the current status of agribusiness
in member countries and to discuss measures for
further promoting the establishment of such businesses
in rural areas.
The seminar identified a number of problems that
hindered the setting up of agribusiness enterprises,
especially of small ones. These included, among
others, the unreliability of raw material supply,
lack of infrastructure, and poor managerial skills.
To address these problems, the following measures
were suggested by the participants: 1) promoting
an expanded role for farmers organizations or
cooperatives by taking over some of the processes
in the value-added chain; 2) encouraging partnerships
with large companies to sustain the operations
of small agribusiness enterprises; and 3) establishing
a more conducive policy environment for these
enterprises.
This volume is a compilation of the papers and
proceedings of the seminar. I hope that it will
serve as a useful reference on the subject in
APO member countries.
The APO is grateful to the Government of Indonesia
for hosting the seminar, and in particular to
the Directorate General of Primary Agroindustry
and Marketing, Ministry of Agriculture, and the
Directorate of Manpower Productivity Development,
Ministry of Manpower, for implementing the program
and to the resource speakers for their valuable
contributions. Special thanks are due to Mr. Robert
Oliver for editing the present volume.
– TAKASHI TAJIMA, APO Secretary-General,
Tokyo, October 2003
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| Part
I. Summary of Findings |
| Part II. Resource
Papers |
| 1. |
Agribusiness
Development in Asia and the Pacific — With
Emphasis on Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines
and Thailand – Dr. Hiroyuki
Nishimura |
| 2. |
Policies
and Programs for Promoting the Development
of Agribusiness Enterprises – Dr. Kaman Nainggolan |
| 3. |
Requisites
for Initiating Agribusiness Ventures – Thomas Darmawan |
| 4. |
Marketing
Promotion of Agribusiness – Dr.
Togar A. Napitupulu |
| 5. |
Improving
Productivity/Management of SMEs in the Agribusiness
Sector � a Practical Approach from the Perspective
of a Large Enterprise – Raymond
C. Tan |
| Part III. Country
Papers |
| 1. |
Bangladesh – Abdus Sobhan Sikder |
| 2. |
Indonesia
– Prajogo Utomo Hadi, Dr. Margaretha
Abdul Madjid, and Maruli Indra |
| 3. |
Islamic
Republic of Iran – Farhad
Khirisaname |
| 4. |
Republic
of Korea – Dr. Chul-Ho Kim |
| 5. |
Malaysia – Abd Rahman Marto |
| 6. |
Mongolia – Enkhtuya Jigmiddorj |
| 7. |
Nepal – Arjun Prasad Aryal |
| 8. |
Pakistan – Maher Sher Mohammad |
| 9. |
Philippines – Nemelita G. Sungcaya |
| 10. |
Sri
Lanka – A.M.Y. Jasmin de Silva |
| 11. |
Thailand – Kowit Nualvatna |
| 12. |
Vietnam – Nguyen Thi Thuy |
| Part III. Appendices |
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List
of Participants, Resource Speakers, Observers,
and Secretariat |
| Program
of Activities |
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