Unlocking agricultural mechanisation potential in Indonesia: Barriers, drivers, and pathways for sustainable agri-food systems

IF 6.1 1区农林科学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Agricultural Systems Pub Date : 2025-03-20 DOI:10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104305

Kodrad Winarno, Joko Sustiyo, Ammar Abdul Aziz, Risti Permani

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Abstract

CONTEXT

Agricultural mechanisation is crucial for achieving Sustainable Development Goals by increasing productivity, food quality, resource efficiency, and climate change mitigation. However, the current uptake suggests significant disparities in mechanisation adoption among smallholder farmers across developing countries. Recognising the importance of agricultural mechanisation for SDGs, scholars have identified factors influencing the farm, local, and regional adoption rates and the need to improve sustainable mechanisation. Nevertheless, a critical gap remains in understanding the dynamic interplay between current and future mechanisation pathways, rapid technological advancements, and evolving socioeconomic and agroecological factors. Clarifying supply and demand dynamics for sustainable agricultural mechanisation is crucial for agri-food value chains.

OBJECTIVES

Using Indonesia as a case study, this study aims to assess the country's development of agricultural mechanisation and systematically review the literature on mechanisation practices (drivers, barriers, and impacts) on sustainable agri-food systems. With Indonesia's diverse agroclimatic conditions, farmland endowments, land use change to non-agriculture purposes, high population density, and the dominance of smallholder farmers, learnings from this study apply to other developing countries contexts.

METHODS

This study included three stages. First, Indonesia's agricultural mechanisation development was analysed by reviewing data and documents from the government and relevant institutions. It discussed development, regional disparities, and current levels of agricultural mechanisation. Second, guided by the PRISMA framework, a systematic literature review was used to analyse drivers, barriers, and impacts of agricultural mechanisation adoption. Third, the results from previous stages were used to develop a novel framework for sustainable agricultural mechanisation development in Indonesia, considering theories like the food system framework, theory of change of mechanisation, and innovation ecosystem.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

The study reveals Indonesia's low mechanisation level, significant regional disparities, and opportunities to improve policy effectiveness. Various barriers to mechanisation adoption are also identified, including individual and institutional factors and agroecological conditions. Overall, the study highlights the importance of optimising the multi-stakeholder roles in agricultural mechanisation value chains and developing inclusive access to sustainable agricultural mechanisation for smallholder farmers.

SIGNIFICANCE

This study offers a crucial roadmap for empowering smallholder farmers to adopt agricultural mechanisation for a more productive and sustainable future. The novel framework offers a way to achieve inclusive access to this transformative technology. This study also highlights the need for future studies to explore the intricate interplay of demand and supply within the agricultural mechanisation landscape.

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释放印尼农业机械化潜力：可持续农业粮食系统的障碍、驱动因素和途径

农业机械化对于通过提高生产力、粮食质量、资源效率和减缓气候变化来实现可持续发展目标至关重要。然而，目前的吸收情况表明，发展中国家的小农在采用机械化方面存在巨大差异。认识到农业机械化对可持续发展目标的重要性，学者们已经确定了影响农场、地方和区域采用率的因素，以及提高可持续机械化的必要性。然而，在理解当前和未来机械化途径、快速技术进步以及不断发展的社会经济和农业生态因素之间的动态相互作用方面，仍然存在一个关键差距。阐明可持续农业机械化的供需动态对农业食品价值链至关重要。本研究以印度尼西亚为例，旨在评估该国农业机械化的发展，并系统地回顾有关可持续农业粮食系统的机械化实践（驱动因素、障碍和影响）的文献。印度尼西亚的农业气候条件多样，农田禀赋丰富，土地利用向非农业用途转变，人口密度高，小农占主导地位，因此本研究的经验教训适用于其他发展中国家。方法本研究分为三个阶段。首先，通过查阅政府和相关机构的数据和文件，分析了印尼农业机械化的发展。它讨论了发展、地区差异和当前农业机械化水平。其次，在PRISMA框架的指导下，采用系统的文献综述来分析农业机械化采用的驱动因素、障碍和影响。第三，考虑到食品系统框架、机械化变化理论和创新生态系统等理论，利用前几个阶段的结果为印度尼西亚的可持续农业机械化发展制定了一个新的框架。结果与结论研究表明，印尼农业机械化水平较低，地区差异显著，政策有效性有待提高。还确定了采用机械化的各种障碍，包括个人和体制因素以及农业生态条件。总体而言，该研究强调了优化农业机械化价值链中多方利益相关者的作用以及为小农提供可持续农业机械化的包容性途径的重要性。本研究提供了一个重要的路线图，使小农能够采用农业机械化，以实现更高效和可持续的未来。新框架提供了一种实现包容性获取这一变革性技术的方法。这项研究还强调了未来研究的需要，以探索农业机械化领域内需求和供应的复杂相互作用。

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Agricultural Systems 农林科学-农业综合

CiteScore

13.30

自引率

7.60%

发文量

174

审稿时长

30 days

期刊介绍： Agricultural Systems is an international journal that deals with interactions - among the components of agricultural systems, among hierarchical levels of agricultural systems, between agricultural and other land use systems, and between agricultural systems and their natural, social and economic environments. The scope includes the development and application of systems analysis methodologies in the following areas: Systems approaches in the sustainable intensification of agriculture; pathways for sustainable intensification; crop-livestock integration; farm-level resource allocation; quantification of benefits and trade-offs at farm to landscape levels; integrative, participatory and dynamic modelling approaches for qualitative and quantitative assessments of agricultural systems and decision making; The interactions between agricultural and non-agricultural landscapes; the multiple services of agricultural systems; food security and the environment; Global change and adaptation science; transformational adaptations as driven by changes in climate, policy, values and attitudes influencing the design of farming systems; Development and application of farming systems design tools and methods for impact, scenario and case study analysis; managing the complexities of dynamic agricultural systems; innovation systems and multi stakeholder arrangements that support or promote change and (or) inform policy decisions.