Promoting Sustainable Agriculture in Indonesia

In this paper, I describe the need for education to promote and implement sustainable agriculture in Indonesia, and relate that need to existing educational programs. The current education curricula introduce agricultural sustainability topics as early as junior and senior high school, but the approach is fragmented and topics are not delivered consistently. Although more focused education exists at the university level, it is not well integrated with the various degree programs, and different programs may teach this subject with different content and emphasis. I propose several ways that agricultural education in Indonesia could be improved by consistently incorporating a rigorous, well-defined, standardized course of study in sustainability.