Proposal

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Agricultural sector have a strategic role in national developmentespecially in food security and sovereignty, poverty alleviation, as well associal and economy safety. In agriculture-based countries, agriculture is asector that absorbs many workers. In addition, agricultural sector alsoplays an important role of providing raw materials for industries, foreignexchange reserves and society incomes.

The facts show that agricultural developments still face seriousthreats such as decreased capacity of agricultural resources, low rate oftechnology transfer or adoption, low access to financial fund, inefficientmarketing system of agricultural products, as well as low quality ofhuman resources (farmers) and low interest of young people to enter theagricultural sector directly. In connection with resources capability,agriculture in many forms and locations are very sensitive toenvironmental changes such as climate change and soil degradation.Under global warming condition, climate variations could become a newthreat pattern. Global warming has changed the climate and shifted theaverage regional climate that leads into higher frequency and amplitudeof extreme climate.

Climate changes have direct and indirect effect to agriculture.Direct effect can occur in productivity change and production loss due toextreme condition. Indirect effect that could possibly show up is newkind of crop's pests and diseases. On the other hand, climate will alsohave significant impact on agricultural production and the climatechanges worsening, among others, increased deforestation in watercatchment areas (river area), land degradation, damaged infrastructure

Welcome tothe I-MHERE B.2c IPB International Seminar on

“Agriculture Adaptation in the Tropics:Research Innovation toward Environment

Resilience & Food Security”(http://imhereseminar.event.ipb.ac.id/)

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(irrigation, canal, etc), and agricultural land conversion to non-agricultural use.

Looking at the problems mentioned above, overcoming climateand environmental change in short term should be directed to improvethe current agriculture sector capacity to face climate risks throughclimate risks and social lives management improvements and at the sametime contribute to greenhouse gas emission reduction. In long term,overcoming climate and environmental changes should be directed toimprove agricultural system sustainability to future climate risks throughagricultural revitalization planning and development program, includingdevelopment for abiotic stress adaptive varieties, such as flooding,drought, and acid soil (low pH) resistance, as well as biotic stressresistant varieties, such as pest and disease resistance in severalimportant crops, such as rice, soybeans, corn, etc. Furthermore, thechanging climate condition is also very influential on other agriculturalcultivation such as livestock and fisheries.

Failures to overcome those problems in a right time, could leadto a difficulty for agriculture in broad sense to achieve and maintain foodsecurity and sovereignty. As an agriculture based university, BogorAgricultural University (IPB) continues to give significant innovation inovercoming the problems mentioned above. A number of researchestrough various funding program (IPB, Education and Culture Ministry,Research and Technology Ministry, World Bank / I-MHERE B.2c, etc)about climate risk management, water resources and irrigationmanagement improvement, environmental stress (drought, flooding,acid soil) tolerate varieties, resistant to pests and diseases, etc have beencarried out following both national and international technologyroadmap. To bring up the result of researches done by IPB in particular,as well as other universities and stakeholder (private and government) inthe field of agricultural adaptation, trough the I-MHERE B.2c program,IPB will hold the International Seminar on “Agriculture Adaptation in TheTropics: Research & Innovation toward Environment Resilience & FoodSecurity” on September 1st-7th 2012.

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1. To provide forum for information exchange and knowledge sharing intropical agriculture adaptation for environmental sustainability andfood security,

2. To disseminate various research result and innovation in overcomingproblems in tropical agriculture adaptation,

3. To link science and policy in agriculture and environment.

The series of events that will be held at “Agriculture Adaptationin The Tropics: Research & Innovation toward Environment Resilience &Food Security” International Seminar are pre-seminar training, parallelseminar, exhibition / poster session, launching of new varieties, and fieldtrip. Wholly, this events will be held for 7 (seven) days, September 1st-7th

2012.

A. Pre-Seminar Training Course on “Cloning, Sequencing and Analysisof Specific Target Region Using Bioinformatics”(September 1st - 4th, 2012)Day #1, September 1st, 201208.00 - 08.30 Registration08.30 - 08.45 Committee reports: Dr. Ulfah J. Siregar08.45 - 09.00 Opening Remarks: Director of SEAMEO Biotrop09.00 - 10.30 Guest Lecture #1 (Gene Cloning part I):

Dr. Utut Suharsono10.30 - 11.00 Break

Objectives

Format of The Event &Tentative Schedule

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11.00 - 12.30 Guest Lecture #2 (Gene Cloning part II):to be confirmed

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch (PCR running)13.30 - 16.00 Practical works on gene cloning part I:

Dr. Nurul Khumaida/ Dr. Sintho W. Ardie

Day #2, September 2nd, 201208.00 - 08.15 Registration & Morning Coffee08.15 - 09.30 Guest Lecture #3 (The use of RT-PCR in gene

expression studies): Expert of Laborindo09.30 - 12.00 Practical on gene cloning part II: Dr. Utut Suharsono12.00 - 13.00 Lunch13.00 - 16.00 Practical works on RT-PCR: Expert of Laborindo

Day #3, September 3rd, 201208.00 - 08.15 Registration & Morning Coffee08.15 - 09.30 Guest Lecture #4 (Gene sequencing):

to be confirmed09.30 - 10.30 Guest Lecture #5 (Introduction to Bioinformatics):

to be confirmed10.30 - 12.00 Guest Lecture #6 (Phylogenetic analysis method):

Dr. Rika Raffiudin12.00 - 13.00 Lunch13.00 - 16.00 Practical works on Phylogenetic Analysis Software

Application: Dr. Vanny Narita

Day #4, September 4th, 201208.00 - 08.15 Registration08.15 - 09.45 Guest Lecture #7 (Fast Alignment Software for Short

Sequences): Dr. Muhamad Basyuni09.45 - 10.15 Break10.15 - 12.00 Practical works on Short Sequence Analysis using

Fast Alignment Software: Dr. Muhamad Basyuni12.00 - 12.15 Closing12.15 - 13.00 Lunch

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Venue:SEAMEO BIOTROP Campus, Jl. Raya Tajur Km. 6, Bogor – WestJava, Indonesia

B. International Seminar (September 5th – 6th, 2012)Day #1, September 5th, 201208.30 - 09.00 Registration09.00 - 09.15 Opening Remarks: Rector of IPB09.15 - 09.45 Keynote speech: Minister for Education and Culture,

Republic of Indonesia09.45 - 10.00 Break10.00 - 12.00 Plenary Session (morning session)

1. Japan International Research Center forAgricultural Sciences (JIRCAS): Stabilizingsoybean & rice production under tidal andsubmerge conditions

2. Center for International Forestry Research(CIFOR): State of the art research in forestry forclimate adaptation (CRP6).

3. Centre for Climate Risk and OpportunityManagement in Southeast Asia Pacific (CCROM –SEAP) IPB / I-MHERE B.2c: Development of earlywarning system for food security.

4. International Food Policy Research Institute(IFPRI): Title to be confirmed relating to sciencepolicy interfacing in agriculture adaptation

12.00 - 13.00 Lunch13.00 - 16.15 Parallel Seminar Session (afternoon session)

1. The role of conventional & modern breedingtools in agriculture adaptation

2. Precision farming & GAP in changingenvironmental condition

3. Carbon saving in agricultural practices (forestry,agriculture, fishery, animal husbandry)

4. Modeling in agriculture in response to climatechange

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5. Impact of climate change on tropical biodiversity6. Science policy interfacing in agriculture

adaptation16.15 - 16.30 Closing, day #1

Day 2#, September 6th, 201208.30 - 09.00 Registration09.00 - 09.30 Keynote speech: Minister of Trade, Republic of

Indonesia09.30 - 09.45 Break09.45 - 12.00 Plenary Session (morning session)

1. Deputy Minister of Natural Resources andEnvironment - National Development PlanningAgency: National adaptation strategy to futureclimate

2. Indonesian Oil Palm Research Institute: State ofthe art research on oil palm for agricultureadaptation.

3. International Cooperation and DevelopmentFund (Taiwan): Role of communityempowerment in climate adaptation.

4. Bogor Agricultural University / IPB): Managingfragile ecosystem for adaptation to futureclimate.

5. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague(Czechoslovakia) : Managing tropical biodiversityfor climate adaptation.

12.00 - 13.00 Lunch13.00 - 16.15 Parallel Seminar Session (afternoon session)

1. The role of conventional & modern breedingtools in agriculture adaptation

2. Precision farming & GAP in changingenvironmental condition

3. Carbon saving in agricultural practices (forestry,agriculture, fishery, animal husbandry)

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4. Modeling in agriculture in response to climatechange

5. Impact of climate change on tropical biodiversity6. Science policy interfacing in agriculture

adaptation16.15 - 16.30 Closing remarks

Venue:IPB International Convention Center (IPB ICC), Botani Square, Jl.Raya Pajajaran, Bogor, Indonesia

C. Launching of New Varieties (September 5th, 2012)Venue:

IPB ICC, Botani Square, Jl. Raya Pajajaran, Bogor, Indonesia

D. Exhibition / Poster Session (September 5th – 6th, 2012)Venue:

IPB ICC, Botani Square, Jl. Raya Pajajaran, Bogor, Indonesia

E. Excursion * (September 7th, 2012)Alternatives:

A. Amazing tourism park Mekar SariB. Cibodas Botanical garden and Tea plantation Gunung MasC. Bogor Botanical garden and Presidential Palace

* Optional

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1. The role of conventional & modern breeding tools in agricultureadaptationPiC: Dr. Utut Widyastuti / Dr. Alimudin

Climate change has shifted ranges of plants and animalsaltered the timing of life events such as plant flowering, milkproduction, animal reproduction. Changing environments aretherefore expected to change in live cycle events and have beenrecorded for many plants and animals. As the human populationcontinues to grow, so do the amount of food and livestock requiredto sustain the population. However, loss of food and livestockproduction due too climate change such as drought, submergence,pests and disease, have all led to decreases in food and livestockproduction. Environmental conditions are known to have enormousimpact on biodiversity patterns in the future. Species respond in verydifferent ways to climate change, such as plants or animals adapt tothe local weather and soil/water conditions in which they grow, andthese environmental adaptations are known to evolve over thousandsof years as mutations slowly accumulate in plants or animals geneticcode. To overcome these problems, classical and modern breedingtechnique are needed to enhance both productivity and quality of ourfood and livestock. Development in molecular biology have led todetection of genetic markers associated with useful traits. Recently,integrated classical and modern breeding approaches, several genes,including sub1A, have been characterized and used to develop newrice variants bearing tolerance to drought and submergence. Inanimals, the new biotechnologies of gene transfer, in-vitroproduction, cloning and sexing of embryos have been developed andare being refined with efficiencies suitable for use in animalagriculture. Global climate change causes unpredictable wet seasonsand prolonged dry seasons, as plant and animal are prone to lossesdue to both biotic and abiotic stresses. To maintain high productivityduring stress periods, increasing stress resistance are a priority to

Brief Description of Seminar Topics

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Indonesia or in the world to sustain the human population. At thisseason we will discussed this hot issues through classical breeding andnew breeding technologies are known to increase our food andlivestock in the next decade.

2. Precision farming & GAP in changing environmental conditionPiC: Dr. Sintho W. Ardie / Dr. Radite

Changing environmental conditions due to global climatechange has altered many agricultural practices and crops productivitywhich finally may threat food security. Integrated crop managementsystem that employs detailed, site-specific information to preciselymanage production inputs to meet the actual crop needs within afarm field is emerging to face the changing environmental conditions.This system, known as Precision Agriculture (PA) or Precision Farming,requires the utilization of sophisticated technology such as globalpositioning systems (GPS), geographic information systems (GIS),variable rate controllers, and remote sensing. In parallel, GoodAgricultural Practices (GAP) approach is also important in applyingavailable knowledge to addressing environmental, economic andsocial sustainability dimensions for on-farm production and post-production processes, resulting in safe and quality food and non-foodagricultural products. Precision Agriculture technologies and GAPhave been adapted to a variety of crops in many countries. There are,however, several challenges limiting its broader implementation,including economic, agronomic and technological barriers. Theobjective of this session is to share and discuss the advances in PA andGAP research and also the practical aspects. This session covers thethemes of PA technologies (fertilization, liming, crop protection,sensors, management units, and data management) and GAP invarious commodities. Implementation barriers, benefits and newdevelopments will be introduced and discussed in open forum.

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3. Carbon saving in agricultural practices (forestry, agriculture, fishery,animal husbandry)PiC: Dr. Ulfah J. Siregar / Dr. Ardiansyah

The Green Revolution had invented modern agriculture,which could increase crop production in the past 40 years, due togreater inputs of fertilizer, irrigation, pesticides, new crop strains, andother technologies. But the resulting agricultural practices havetremendous costs related to deforestation, environmentaldegradation, loss of biodiversity, loss of ecosystem services,emergence of new pest and pathogens. By 2050 global population isprojected to be 50% larger and global food demand will be double.Effort to double food production and at the same time sustaining foodproduction at this level, without compromising environmentalintegrity and public health is a great challenge that the world shouldface today.

This challenge is now even greater with the climate changephenomena, which resulted from GHG emissions along thedevelopmental pathways. Climate change with all its related extremeshave a direct influence on the quantity and quality of agriculturalproduction and in many cases, adversely affect it. In the tropics mainemission is related to deforestation and agricultural intensification. Inthe face of global climate change, farmers must adapt their practicesto deal with changing temperatures and more frequent extremeweather events, especially in vulnerable regions where agricultureproduction is most sensitive to climatic fluctuations.

These adaptations must build resilience within the agro-ecosystem, increasing its ability to continue functioning when facedwith unexpected events. The goal of sustainable agriculture is tomaximize the net benefits that society receives from agriculturalproduction of food and fiber and from ecosystem services. This willrequire increased crop yields by increasing efficiency of fertilizerinputs and water use, ecologically based management practices,judicious use of pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, while reducing theemission and saving carbon in all practices.

Important mitigation potential has been identified in each ofthese areas. In particular, it has been estimated that modified rice

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drainage and straw incorporation practices could reduce global CH4emissions from rice cultivation by up to 30%. Precision agriculture andnutrient budgeting can facilitate more efficient use of fertilizers andthus reduce emissions associated with excess application.Conservation tillage and the potential for sequestration of soil organiccarbon in agricultural systems can build fertility and improve yields indegraded soils. Appropriate forest management, by improving loggingpractice and minimizing forest fire could also potentially reduceemission substantially.

The seminar will present and discuss recent innovation andachievement in carbon saving agricultural practices, includingforestry, husbandry, and fishery.

4. Modeling in agriculture in response to climate changePiC: Dr. Hartrisari / Dr. Rini Hidayati

Climate change and agriculture are interrelated. World raisingtemperature, carbon dioxide concentration and glacial run-off areprojected to have significant impacts on agriculture conditions toproduce enough food for the human population and domesticatedanimals. Assessment of the effects of global climate changes onagriculture might help to properly anticipate and adapt farming tomaximize agricultural production. At the same time, agriculture hasbeen shown to produce significant effects on climate change throughproduction and release of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide,methane, and nitrous oxide, and also by land cover change. Those willimpact the soil ability to absorb or reflect solar heat and light. Landuse changes such as deforestation together with fossil fuels use arethe major anthropogenic sources of carbon dioxide. This meansagriculture itself is the major contributor to increasing methane andnitrous oxide concentrations in atmosphere

Appropriate responses to climate change and alsomanagement of agricultural activities are becoming important sincethe demand of food will continually increase in line with increasingpopulation while impacts of climate change tend to reduce agricultureproduction.Projections of possible future changes in agricultureactivities in relation to global warming and climate change are

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important to search the most feasible and the best options forfulfilling the food demand and economic needs, especially tocountries sensitive to climate change activities such agriculture,fisheries and forests.

Agricultural models and Decision Support System arebecoming increasingly available in making policy and decision foragricultural activities. The advantage of making models are processmechanism understanding and as a simplification of the reality, thesimulation results could be predicted without disturbing the realsystem.

The proposed seminar covers sharing experiences oninformation technology/modeling in agriculture in response to climatechange, such as impact of climate change in production and cost,economic activities of agriculture based in rural areas and agriculturalpolicy making.

5. Impact of climate change on tropical biodiversityPiC: Dr. Ahmad Farajallah / Dr. Yeni Mulyani

The seminar will discussed on tropical biodiversity affected byclimate change, and also how the tropical biodiversity might respondto nature in the future. There are some interested issue to bediscussed more detail: lack information of tropical biodiversities in thesouthern hemisphere; in fact in general, climate change has beenreported as main factor to influence nature of biodiversity. At thetime that we start to consider to study further, the biodiversity startto turn to be changed beyond our expectation.

6. Science policy interfacing in agriculture adaptationPiC: Dr. Nunung Nuryartono / Dr. Dodik Ridho Nurrochmat

It is indubitable evidence that agricultural sector contributedsignificantly to the Indonesia development through its strong forwardlinkages and high multiplier impacts in terms of output, income, andemployment. Science policy interfacing is very important inagriculture adaptation as a response to the problem of climatechange. The government policy to increase productivity of farmers,

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for instance, is one of the pivotal ways for climate change adaptation.It improves not only the households’ income, but also regionaleconomy and environment. Currently, many approaches forsustainable agriculture practices have been widely promoted to raiseenvironmental standards. However, factually they do not gain highereconomic benefits because of low premium prices for certifiedagriculture products. Furthermore, carbon offsetting schemes foragriculture sector, as instruments of climate change mitigation andadaptation, are also not easy to be implemented. A complicatedmechanism and bit price of carbon could become a trap for theagriculture industries to participate in global initiatives of carbontrading. Nowadays, many people perceived that carbon offsettingschemes are much closer to political economy issues rather thanenvironmental ones. A policy interfacing in improving tenurearrangement, increasing price of agricultural product, andempowering smallholders is urgently needed to achieve sustainableagriculture development. The policy interfacing will be more effective,if it considers views of scientists. The “knowledge utilization” inagriculture policy will be higher, if the numbers of applicable andcontextual researches are increased. In the context of climate changemitigation and adaptation, the scientists have tasks to bring a balanceview of the current issues of economy and environment onagriculture sector and proposed policy options for sustainableagriculture.

This event is open for public and will be attended by researchers,lecturers, university students, research institutions, practitioners andprivate as well as government as policy makers and the widercommunity, as well as mainstay farmer groups. The participants are fromvarious countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, etc with a target audience of200 peoples.

Participants & Fee

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To participate seminar and pre-seminar training, participants arecharged as follows:

Participants CategoryEarly Bird

Registration(≤ 10 August 2012)

Late Registration( 22 August

2012)A. Pre-Seminar Training

1. Foreign Participants(non-Indonesia)

US $ 550 US $ 650

2. Domestic Participants(Indonesia)a) Students IDR 1,000,000 IDR 1,250,000b) Lecturer and

researcher ofgovernmental R&D

IDR 2,000,000 IDR 2,500,000

c) Private IDR 5,000,000 IDR 6,000,000

B. Seminar1. Foreign Participants

(non-Indonesia)US $ 300 US $ 400

2. Domestic Participants(Indonesia):a) Students IDR 500,000 IDR 600,000b) Lecturer and

researcher ofgovernmental R&D

IDR 750,000 IDR 1,000,000

c) Private IDR 1,500,000 IDR 2,000,000Note: Above fee does not include field trips fee & publication fee

The registration fee can be transfered to:Bogor Agricultural UniversityRektor Institut Pertanian Bogor c.q PenampunganAccount No : 3893705SWIFT CODE : BNINIDJABGRBank BNIJln. Ir. Juanda Bogor No. 52 BogorIndonesia

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Abstract submission deadline: 30th July 2012 Notification of acceptance: 6th August 2012 Registration deadline: 22nd August 2012 Payment deadline

o Early Bird registration: 10th August 2012o Late registration: 22nd August 2012

Pre-Seminar Training: 1st - 4th September 2012 Seminar: 5th - 6th September 2012 Launching of New Varieties: 5th September 2012 Exhibition/Poster Session: 5th - 6th September 2012 Excursion: 7th September 2012

Bogor Agricultural University (IPB)I-MHERE B.2c IPBA.H. Nasoetion Building, 5th FloorIPB Dramaga Campus , Bogor 16680,West Java – IndonesiaPhone/Facs.: +62-251-8624512e-mail: dit_rks@ipb.ac.id; ditrks_ipb@yahoo.com;website: http://rks.ipb.ac.id

Important Dates (Tentative)

Committee

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SEAMEO-BIOTROPBiotechnology ProgramSEAMEO-BIOTROP Campus(Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Tropical Biology)Jl. Raya Tajur Km. 6, Bogor – West Java, IndonesiaPhone: +62-251-8323848; Facsimile: +62-251-8326851e-mail: gau@biotrop.org;website: http://www.biotrop.org/

Steering Committee Vice Rector for Academic and Student Affairs / Director for I-

MHERE B.2c. IPB Vice Rector for Research and Collaboration Executive Secretary for I-MHERE B.2c. IPB Director for Research and Strategic Issues Studies, IPB

Scientific Committee Prof. Dr. Tineke Mandang Prof. Dr. Handoko Prof. Dr. Meity S. Sinaga Prof. Dr. Suminar Achmadi Prof. Dr. Sudirman Yahya Prof. Dr. Roedhy Poerwanto Dr. Ahmad Farajallah Dr. Ulfah J. Siregar Dr. Alimudin Dr. Sintho W. Ardie Dr. Hartrisari Dr. Rini Hidayati Dr. Yeni Mulyani Dr. Ardiansyah Dr. Nunung Nuryartono Dr. Dodik R. Nurrochmat

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Organizing Committee Chairperson: Dr. Nurul Khumaida Vice Chairperson: Dr. Iman Rusmana Secretary: Dr. Ulfah J. Siregar

PIC Seminar:1. Dr. Utut Widyastuti / Dr. Alimudin (The role of conventional &

modern breeding tools in agriculture adaptation)2. Dr. Sintho W. Ardie / Dr. Radite P.A. Setiawan (Precision farming &

GAP in changing environmental condition)3. Dr. Ulfah J. Siregar / Dr. Ardiansyah [(Carbon saving in agricultural

practices (forestry, agriculture, fishery, animal husbandry)]4. Dr. Hartrisari / Dr. Rini Hidayati (CCROM) (Modeling in agriculture in

response to climate change)5. Dr. Achmad Farajallah / Dr. Yeni Mulyani (Impact of climate change

on tropical biodiversity)6. Dr. Nunung Nuryartono / Dr. Dodik R. Nurrochmat (Science policy

interfacing in agriculture adaptation)

PIC Exhibition and New Varieties Launching: Dr. Deni Noviana

PIC Excursion: Dr. Darda Efendi

PIC Fund Raising (sponsorship): Dr. Yeni Mulyani, Dr. Nunung Nuryartono

Supporting Staff Muhammad Hendra Wibowo, S.TP Masbantar Sangadji, S.Pi Arif Rahman Hakim, SE Adelyna, S.TP Gunter, SE, MM Luluk Annisa, S.Pi Enday Sudaina Andri Suhendrik Azizah, S.Hut Lucyawati

FURTHER INFORMATION

Secretariat of Committee:Directorate of Research & Strategic Issue StudiesGedung Andi Hakim Nasoetion Lt. 5,Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor 16680Phone.: 0251-8624512, 8622642 ext. 508, Fax.: 0251-8624512e-mail: dit_rks@ipb.ac.id, ditrks_ipb@yahoo.comwebsite: http://imhereseminar.event.ipb.ac.id/

Contact Persons:A. Pre-Seminar Training: Dr. Ulfah J. Siregar (ulfahjsiregar@biotrop.org) Dr. Utut Widyastuti (uwidyastuti@ipb.ac.id)

B. Seminar: Dr. Nurul Khumaida (nurulimhere@yahoo.com) Dr. Iman Rusmana (irusmana@ipb.ac.id)