Abstract

The increase of world population needs more food, feed, fuel, and fiber. Meanwhile, agricultural land supply is somewhat stationary or even decreasing. Ensuring food provision requires both intensification and expansion strategies. Considering internal circumstances, options may vary across countries. Indonesia, for instance, by population growth rate at 1.3 % year−1 and increasing middle income families, the need of diversity and improved quality of food become prevalent. Nevertheless, irrigated agricultural production decreased considerably, being converted to non-agricultural uses. The deterioration of agricultural land resources has occurred due to mismanagement while climate change has worsened the conditions globally.Narrowing yield gap in the existing agricultural land has been the primary efforts worldwide. Various farming systems have been established to minimize agro-inputs while generating high yields. The efforts differ across agro-ecosystems and being specific for each country. In Indonesia, the agro-ecosystems are divided into irrigated and rainfed agricultural lands, uplands (dry- and wet-climate agricultural lands), and wetlands (tidal and non-tidal agricultural lands, including peatlands). Each ecosystem requires specific land management which combines strategies and components previously studied.List of Conference Committee, Steering Committee, Delegate list are available in this pdf.

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