Indonesia Market Watch

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Impact of fertiliser price rise on agricultural productivity and food security in Indonesia (2nd Edition)

Aug 2022

After water and seeds, fertiliser is smallholder farmers' most important agricultural input. Fertiliser prices have risen sharply since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. PRISMA surveyed smallholder farmers and agri-retailers to determine how the price increases impacted them.

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What's for Breakfast: Food price inflation survey (2nd Edition)

Aug 2022

All low and middle-income countries experienced high food inflation from May to August 2022, leaving millions of people food insecure. PRISMA surveyed consumers to assess the impact of food price increases in Indonesia.

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Commercialising drought-tolerant rice seeds in Indonesia

Aug 2022

Indonesia's rice productivity level has stagnated at around 5.1 tonnes per hectare in the past few years. One of the barriers to increased productivity is the lack of access by smallholder farmers to high yielding seed varieties because very few companies are producing these seeds.

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