SATREPS Session

Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development” (SATREPS) is designed to promote international joint research in which both Japanese research institutions and those of developing countries work together based upon the social needs in developing countries. Its aims are to acquire new knowledge and to utilize research outcomes to the benefit of the society with a view to resolving global issues such as the environment and energy, biological resources, disaster prevention, and infectious diseases.
The project: “Development and Implementation of New Damage Assessment Process in Agricultural Insurance as Adaptation to Climate Change for Food Security” aims to establish new method of damage assessment in order to effectively implement the assessment, the core of agricultural insurance system, for Indonesia. To that end, we will implement: (1) the establishment of objective and effective method covering wide area for implementing assessment of paddy rice damage by drought, flood and pest and disease, making full use of spatial information such as satellites, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), geographic information system (GIS) and ground survey data, (2) the integration of current assessment methods and new methods and the implementation of the integrated methods, (3) the construction of information infrastructure necessary for operation and improvement of damage assessment methods, and (4) capacity development related to the development and operation of damage assessment methods. Through this project, economic damages caused by climate change to agricultural producers can be expected to reduce in Indonesia, enabling the establishment of an agriculture production support system, and thus contributing to the food security in the end. Presentation of this session would be carried out in Thursday, 14 November 2019 in Marga 2 Room.