How to Deal with Diversity in Cultivation Practices Using Scenario Generation Techniques: Lessons from the Asian Rice LCI Initiative

Proceedings of
2015 3rd International Conference on
Adaptive and Intelligent Agroindustry (ICAIA)

IPB International Convention Center, Bogor, Indonesia
August 3rd – 4th, 2015

Published by :

Department of Agroindustrial Technology
Bogor Agricultural University
Bogor, Indonesia

Welcome Message from The General Chairs of ICAIA 2015
On behalf of the organizing committee, it is our pleasure to welcome you to
International Conference on Adaptive and Intelligent Agroindustry, Bogor,
Indonesia. This is the 3rd conference on the topic that is held by the Department
of Agroindustrial Technology, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia.
The conference is expected to provide excellent opportunity to meet experts, to
exchange information, and to strengthen the collaboration among researchers,
engineers, and scholars from academia, government, and industry. In addition,

the conference committee invited five renowned keynote speakers, i.e. Prof
Irawadi from Bogor Agricultural University; Prof Kenneth De Jong from George
Mason University, USA; Dr Yandra Arkeman from Bogor Agricultural
University; and Dr Guillermo Baigorria from University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
USA.
The conference committee also invited Prof Noel Lindsay from University of
Adelaide, Australia; Kiyotada Hayashi from National Agricultural Research
Center-Tsukuba, Japan; Prof Margareth Gfrerer from Islamic State University of
Jakarta, Indonesia; Dr Barry Elsey from University of Adelaide, Australia; Dr
Gajendran Kandasamy from Melbourne University, Autralia; and Imperial
College London-British, Prof Allan O'Connor from University of Adelaide,
Australia; Dr Wisnu Ananta Kusuma from Bogor Agricultural University
,Indonesia; and Dr Frank Neumann from University of Adelaide, Australia, as
invited speakers.
This conference was organized by Department of Agroindustrial Technology,
Bogor Agricultural University and Asosiasi Agroindustri Indonesia, and
technically sponsored by IEEE Indonesia Section. Furthermore, it was supported
by Departement of Computer Science, Bogor Agricultural University; Surfactant
amd Bionegergy Research Center; PT Bogor Life Science and Technology;
Indonesian Ministry of Industry; PT Pachira Distrinusa; and PT Kelola Mina Laut.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep appreciation to the
conference’s committee members for their hard work and contribution throughout
this conference. I would like to thank authors, reviewers, speakers, and session
chairs for their support to participate in the Conference. Lastly, I would like to
welcome you to join ICAIA 2015 and wish you all an enjoyable stay in Bogor.
Sincerely,
Dr Yandra Arkeman
General Chairs, ICAIA 2015

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WELCOMING ADDRESS
Prof. Dr. Ir. Nastiti Siswi Indrasti
Head of Agroindustrial Technology Department
Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology
Bogor Agricultural University
on
3rdInternational Conference on Adaptive and Intelligence Agroindustry (3rd
ICAIA)
Bogor, August, 3 – 4, 2015

Assalamu’alaikum Warohmatullahi Wabarokatuh
In the name of Allah, the beneficent and the merciful,
Distinguish Guest, Ladies and Gentlemen
Let me first thank you all for accepting the invitation to participate in this 3rd
International Conference on Adaptive and Intelligence Agroindustry (ICAIA). In
particular I would like to thank Rector of IPB (Institut Pertanian Bogor/Bogor
Agricultural University) Prof. Herry Suhardiyanto for supporting this event as part
of the series academic event in celebrating the 52nd Anniversary of Bogor
Agricultural University.
We are certainly proud to have been able to assemble this event in IPB, Bogor.
The range of participants and audience at this conference is precisely something I
would like to stress. Participants who followed the event more than 150 people,
coming from various countries including the USA, Australia, Japan, Vietnam,
Philippine, Germany and Indonesia. The main goal of the conference is to provide
an effective forum for distinguished speakers, academicians, professional and
practitioners coming from universities, research institutions, government agencies
and industries to share or exchange their ideas, experience and recent progress in
Adaptive and Intelligent Agroindustry.
The 2015 3rd International Conference on Adaptive and Intelligent Agro-industry
(ICAIA) is the third forum for the presentation of new advances and research

results on various topics in all aspects of innovative agro-industry that highlights
the development and improvement for today and tomorrow’s global need for food,
energy, water and medicine. The aim of the conference is to stimulate interaction
and cohesiveness among researchers in the vast areas of innovative agro-industry.
Innovative Agro-industry has the ability to adapt intelligently to future global
challenges, i.e. food, energy, water, and medical. Global challenges needs a new
breed of Agroindustry which could produce innovative products to fulfill the
needs through advanced processing technology, production systems and business
strategy supported by cutting-edge information and communication technology.
The topic for this event is “Empowering Innovative Agroindustry for Natural
Resources, Bioenergy and Food Sovereignty”. The topics clustered into four main
parts:
Track 1 : Innovative Agroindustrial and Business System Engineering

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Track 2 : Frontier Approaches in Process and Bioprocess Engineering
Track 3 : Frontier Approaches in Industrial Environmental Engineering
Track 4 : Intelligent Information and Communication Technology for Adaptive
Agroindustry of the Future

This event also hosts four (4) workshops: (1) Strategies for Agroindustry
Development (2) LCA for Agroindustry (3) Innovation and Technopreneurship
for Agroindustry and (4) Agroindustry Informatics.
Distinguish Guest, Ladies and Gentlement,
Agroindustry transforms agricultural commodities into high value-added products.
Agroindustry is industry that process agricultural products to increase their value
added significantly by using technology and by considering environmental aspect
and sustainability. However, with changing global demand and technology
advancement, innovative agroindustry is needed in order to be competitive as well
as sustainable. The challenge of future agroindustry is not merely efficiency and
productivity anymore, but also the challenge to appropriately apply frontier
technology as well as meeting future global demands.
Agroindustry needs to deal with the application of advance technologies and cope
future global issues. Current global issues which arise and expected to exist in the
future are food sovereignty, renewable energy, sustainable water management and
pharmacy. The ability of agro-industry to respond the future global issues and the
undoubtedly substantial increase in demand in future decades will be highly
dependent on the increased application of existing technologies as well as the
exploitation of new and innovative technologies.
The emergence of high technology could be applied in the agro-industry are:

nanotechnology, biotechnology, bioinformatics, food processing, food packagingwaste, state-of-the-art computation and many others. The aforementioned hightechnology along with computation technology could greatly advance agroindustry from a traditional system into a smart-intelligent and innovative
technology. Therefore, in the new millennia, adaptive-intelligent and innovative
agro-industry will contribute to solutions to global problems and brings
agriculture into perfection.
Hope this conference will also discuss this issue in more detail as it is an
important matter for all of us. We should no more think just how to produce high
value product but it is also necessarily important how to keep our live in good
quality by understanding following old saying… “You do not live at once. You
only die once and live every day”.
I do not to take up any more of your time with these opening remarks. Let me
simply thank you once again for sharing your thoughts with us. Here’s wishing
every success for the conference. May Allah bless all of us.
Thank you for your kind attention,
Wassalamu’alaikum Warohmatullahi Wabarokatuh

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COMMITTEE

Funding

Dr. Meika Syahbana Rusli
Dr. Dwi Setyaningsih
Prof. Erliza Hambali
Dr. Mulyorini Rahayuningsih

Condescendent
Prof. Dr. Ir. Herry Suhardiyanto,
M.Sc (IPB’s Rector)
Steering Committee
Chairman
Prof. Dr. Ir. Nastiti Siswi Indrasti

Secretariat
Dr. Titi Candra Sunarti
Dr. Prayoga Suryadharma
Dr. Sugiarto, MS
Dr. Faqih Uddin
Niken Ayu Permatasari, STP, MSi
Angga Yuhistira, STP, MSi
Luthfa Jamilah, STP

Yulianti
Elvin Septiana

Vice
Dr. Ir. Yandra Arkeman, M.Eng
Board member
Prof. Dr. Ir. Aziz Darwis
Prof. Dr. Ir. Irawadi Djamaran
Prof. Dr. Ir. Eriyatno, MSAE
Prof. Dr. Ir. Anas M. Fauzi
Prof. Dr. Ir. Syamsul Maarif, M.Eng
Prof. Dr. Ir. Machfud, MS
Prof. Dr. Ir. Djumali Mangunwidjaja

Paper & Proceedings
Prof. M. Romli
Prof. Marimin
Prof. Ani Suryani
Prof. Erliza Noor
Dr. Liesbetini Hartoto

Dr. Moch Yani

Organizing Committee
Chairman
Dr. Ir. Yandra Arkeman, M.Eng
Co-chairs :
Prof. Dr. Ir. Suprihatin
Prof. Dr. Ono Suparno, S.TP, MT
Treasury
Dr. Indah Yuliasih, S.TP, M.Si
Dr. Elisa Anggraeni, S.TP, MSc

Accomodation dan Logistics
Dr. Andes Ismayana
Dr. Ade Iskandar
Dr. Muslich
Dr. Sapta Raharja

Programs
Dr. Hartrisari Hardjomidjojo, DEA

Dr. Endang Warsiki
Ir. Lien Herlina, MSc
Dr. Ika Amalia Kartika

Design, Web and Publication
Dr. Taufik Djatna
Dr. Aji Hermawan
M. Arif Darmawan, MT
Teguh Adi Setia, AMd

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Time
Monday, August 3rd 2015
08.00 - 09.00 Registration

AGENDA
Activities

09.00 - 10.00


Opening Ceremony
• Welcoming Address: Prof. Nastiti Siswi Indrasti (Head
of DAT, Fateta, IPB)
• Welcoming Speech Head of Bogor Regency
• Conference Opening: Prof. Herry Suhardiyanto (Rector
of IPB)
• Opening Speech and Conference Opening : Minister of
Industry Indonesia *
• Launching Expose International program DAT

10.00 – 10.05

Photo Session

10.05 - 10.15

Coffee break

10.15 - 10.45
10. 45 - 11.30
11.30 – 12.00

Keynote Speech :
1. Prof Irawadi (Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia)
2. Prof. Kenneth De Jong (George Mason University, USA)
3. Dr. Yandra Arkeman (Bogor Agricultural University,
Indonesia)
4. Dr. Guillermo Baigorria (University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
USA)

12.00 – 12.30
12.30 – 13.30

Lunch break

14.30 – 14.50
14.50 – 15.10
15.10 – 15.45

Plenary Session 1 :
Prof. Noel Lindsay (University of Adelaide, Australia)
Dr. Kiyotada Hayashi (National Agricultural Research Center,
Tsukuba, Japan)
Prof. Margareth Gfrerer (Islamic State University of Jakarta,
Indonesia)
Dr. Barry Elsey (University of Adelaide, Australia)
Ir. M. Novi Saputra (Marketing Director KML Food Group)
Discussion

15.30 – 15.45

Coffee break

15.45 – 18.00

Parallel session A, B and C

18.00 – 21.00

Welcome Dinner

13.30 – 13.50
13.50 – 14.10
14.10 – 14.30

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Time
Tuesday, August 4rd 2015
08.30 – 09.00 Registration

Activities

10.00 – 10.20
10.20 – 10.45

Plenary Session 2 :
Dr. Gajendran Kandasamy (PhD in Physic, Melbourne
University ; PhD in Innovation Imperial Collage, London)
Prof. Allan O'Connor (University of Adelaide, Australia)
Dr. Eng. Wisnu Ananta Kusuma, ST, MT (Bogor Agricultural
University, Indonesia)
Dr. Frank Neumann (University of Adelaide, Australia)
Discussion

10.45 – 13.00

Parallel Session A, B and C

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch break

14.00 – 15.30

Parallel Workshop
• Strategies for Agroindustry Development
• LCA for Agroindustry
• Innovation and Technopreneurship for Agroindustry
• Agroindustrial Informatics

15.30 – 15.45

Coffee Break

15.45 – 16.15

Closing remark

09.00 – 09.20
09.20 – 09.40
09.40 – 10.00

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Welcoming address from general chairs
Welcoming address from head of Agroindustrial Technology Departement
Bogor Agricultural University
Committee
Agenda
Table of Content

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Abstract of Invited Speakers
Noel Lindsay
Kiyotada Hayashi
Barry Elsey
Frank Neumann
Yandra Arkeman
Wisnu Ananta Kusuma

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Innovative Agroindustrial and Business System Engineering
The Feasibility Study of Establishment of Biodiesel And Paving Block
Industry From Spent Bleaching Earth
Febriani Purba, Ani Suryani and Sukardi
Green Supply Chain Management Innovation Diffusion in Crumb Rubber
Factories: Designing Strategies towards Implementation
Tri Susanto, Marimin Marimin and Suprihatin
Mobile Business Analytics System for Service Level Analysis of Customer
Relationship Decision
Taufik Djatna and Yudhistira Chandra Bayu
Exploring an Innovative Approach to Address Non-Tariff Barriers
Experienced by Small to Medium Enterprises in Downstream Coffee
Production in Indonesia
Andar Hermawan, Yandra Arkeman, Titi Candra Sunarti
Innovation on Guardrail Press Tool with Simple Technology for Highway
Road Business
Bambang Suhardi Waluyo and M.Syamsul Ma'Arif
An Analysis of Innovation Network Performance on the Palm Oil Industry
in North Sumatera
Danang Krisna Yudha, Aji Hermawan and Machfud
Application of Nanotechnology to Improve Physical Properties of Red Fruit
Emulsion in order to Increase Its Industrial Use
Murti Ningrum and Syamsul Maarif
Exploring the Internationalization Process Model of an Indonesian Product
– Case study : Fruit Chips SME’s
Dickie Sulistya Apriliyanto, Hartrisari Hardjomidjojo, Titi C Sunarti
Innovation Management in Indonesian Palm Oil Industry
Karim Abdullah, Aji Hermawan and Yandra Arkeman

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Innovation Design Process for Gayo’s Coffee Quality Improvement
Rahmat Pramulya, M Syamsul Ma'Arif and Tajuddin Bantacut
Technology Innovation Adoption to Improve the Performance of Dairy
Small-Medium Enterprises (SME): Case study in Pangalengan-Bandung
Regency, West Java, Indonesia
Nuni Novitasari, Titi Candra Sunarti and Nastiti Siwi Indrasti
Process Innovation for Producing Bioethanol from Oil Palm Empty Fruit
Bunches by Improving Fermentation Conditions
Fitriani Kasim, Novizar Nazir and Syamsul Ma'Arif
Managing Innovation through Knowledge Sharing in An Indonesia Coconut
SME
Muchammad Kodiyat P, Machfud, Nastiti S Indrasti
Increasing Added Value of Banana by Producing Synbiotic Banana “Sale”
Using Innovation & Technology Strategy Approach
Eka Ruriani
Innovation Palm Fronds Briquettes Through Noncarbonization Process
Petir Papilo, Syamsul Ma'Arif and Yandra Arkeman
Graphic Design Innovation As Brand Identity For “Mahlzeit N 'Das Brot “
Bread Packaging
Zulkarnain, Deny Dwi Lestari and M. Syamsul Ma'Arif
An AHP Application for Selecting A Business Innovation Strategy of
Chocolate SMEs in East Java
Yani Kartika Pertiwi, M. Syamsul Maarif and Machfud
Understanding local food consumers and their motivations: A case study in
Padang city
Poppy Arsil
Spatial Model Design for Competitive Improvement of Small Medium
Scales Enterprises (Case Study: Bogor City)
Hartrisari Hardjomidjojo, Harry Imantho and Armaiki Yusmur
System Analysis and Design for Selecting Chitin and Chitosan Industry
Location by Using Comparative Performance Index (CPI) Method
Dena Sismaraini, Nastiti S. Indrasti and Taufik Djatna
Arduino-Based Temperature Monitoring Device for Cold Chain
Transportation
Delmar Zakaria Firdaus and Endang Warsiki
Development of Downstream Cocoa Industry: Exploring the Role of
Government and Small and Medium Industry in Partnership
Farda Eka Kusumawardana, Yandra Arkeman, Titi C Sunarti
The Role of Communication in the Technology Transfer (A Case Study at
the Center for Agro-based Industry)
Anindita Dibyono, Sukardi, Machfud
The Center for Pulp and Paper Appraising its Productivity in Generating
Industry-Applicable Research: A Best Practice Illustration
Ahmad Rudh Firdausi, Anas M Fauzi, Machfud
Frontier Approaches in Process and Bioprocess Engineering
Identification of Flavor Compounds In Cemcem (Spondiazpinata (L.F)
Kurz) Leaf Extra

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Luh Putu Wrasiati, Ni Made Wartini and Ni Putu Eny Sulistyadewi
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanosilica from Boiler Ash with CoPrecipitation Method
Wahyu Kamal Setiawan, NastitiSiswiIndrasti and Suprihatin
The Comparison Of Media on the Microalgae Nannochloropsis sp. Culture
Anak Agung Made Dewi Anggreni, I Wayan Arnata and I B Wayan
Gunam
Identification of Media and Indicator Liquid as A Recorder Smart Label
Endang Warsiki and Riris Octaviasari
The Effect of Consentration of Mes Surfactant From Palm Oil and
Consentrasion of Inorganic Salt to Interfacial Tension Value
Rista Fitria, Ani Suryani, Mira Rivai and Ari Imam
Effect of Nano Zinc Oxide On Bionanocomposite
Siti Agustina, Nastiti Siswi Indrasti, Suprihatin and Nurul Taufiqu
Rohman
The Effects of Molar Ratio Between 80% Glycerol And Palm Oil Oleic
Acid on the Synthesis Process of Ester Glycerol
Mira Rivai, Erliza Hambali, Giovanni Nurpratiwi Putri, Ani Suryani,
Pudji Permadi, Bonar T.H Marbun and Ari Imam Sutanto
Selecting Part of Natural Fiber EFB which has Best Mechanical Strength
through Tensile Test Analysis for Composite Reinforced Material
Farkhan, Yohanes Aris Purwanto, Erliza Hambali and Wawan
Hermawan
Effect Of Ethyl Methane Sulfonate (EMS) On Growth Rate, Cell Size, Fatty
Acid Content And Antioxidant Activities Of Dunaliella sp.
Mujizat Kawaroe and Amelia Gustini
Identification of phenol red as Staphylococcus aureus indicator label
Dunaliella sp.
Melati Pratama, Endang Warsiki and Liesbetini Hartoto
Enhancing Ethanol Tolerant of Escherichia coli Recombinant by Glutamate
Addition under Aerobic Conditions
Indra Kurniawan Saputra, Prayoga Suryadarma and Ari Permana
Putra
In Vitro Potentifal of Antibacterial Marine Microalgae Extract
Chaetocerosgracilis Toward Staphylococcus epidermidis Bacteria
Ardhi Novrialdi Ginting, Liesbetini Haditjaroko and Iriani
Setyaningsih
The Potential Applications of Modified Nagara Bean Flour through
Fermentation for Innovation of High Protein Analog Rice
Susi, Lya Agustina and Chondro Wibowo
Studies on the Characteristics of Pasayu (Pasta of Waste-Cassava)
Fortification as a New Product Development
Marleen Sunyoto, Roni Kastaman, Tati Nurmala and Dedi Muhtadi
Optical And Particle Size Properties Of Sargassum Sp Chlorophyll As DyeSensitized Solar Cell (DSSC)
Makkulawu Andi Ridwan and Erliza Noor
Alkaline Pre-Treatment of Gelidium latifolium and Caulerpa racemosa for
Bioethanol Production

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Dwi Setyaningsih, Neli Muna, Elisabeth Yan Vivi Aryanti and
Anastasya Hidayat
New Trends in Industrial Environmental Engineering & Management
Formulating a Long Term Strategy for Sustainable Palm Oil Biodiesel
Development In Indonesia: Learning From the Stakeholder Perspective
Beny Adi Purwanto, Erliza Hambali and Yandra Arkeman
Quality Improvement of Polluted River Water Used as Raw Water in Clean
Water Supply by Using Biofiltration
Suprihatin, Muhammad Romli and Mohamad Yani
An Empirical Investigation of the Barriers to Green Practices in Yogyakarta
Leather Tanning SMEs
Dwi Ningsih, Ono Suparno, Suprihatin and Noel Lindsay
Preliminary Study For CO2 Monitoring System
Farhan Syakir, Rindra Wiska, Irvi Firqotul Aini, Wisnu Jatmiko and
Ari Wibisono
Designing a Collaboration Form to Overcome Innovation Resistance in
Waste Management Practices in Lampung Tapioca Industry
Nur Aini Adinda, Suprihatin, Nastiti Siswi Indrasti
Pollution Reducing Opportunities for a Natural Rubber Processing Industry:
A Case Study
Syarifa Arum Kusumastuti, Suprihatin and Nastiti Siswi Indrasti
Creating the Standard for Specific Energy Consumption at Palm Oil
Industry
Alfa Firdaus and M Syamsul Ma'Arif
Effects of Palm-Dea Non-Ionic Surfactant as an Additive in Buprofezin
Insecticide on the Efficacy of it in Controlling Brown Planthopper Rice Pest
Fifin Nisya, Rahmini, Mira Rivai, Nobel Cristian Siregar, Ari Imam
Sutanto and Ainun Nurkania
Intelligent Information & Communication Technology for Adaptive
Agroindustry of the Future
Design of Web-Based Information System With Green House Gas Analysis
for Palm Oil Biodiesel Agroindustry
Yandra Arkeman, Hafizd Adityo Utomo and Dhani S. Wibawa
Sequential Patterns for Hotspots Occurence Based Weather Data using
Clospan algorithm
Tria Agustina and Imas S. Sitanggang
How to Deal with Diversity in Cultivation Practices using Scenario
Generation Techniques: Lessons from the Asian rice LCI Initiative
Kiyotada Hayashi, Yandra Arkeman, Elmer Bautista, Marlia Mohd
Hanafiah, Jong Sik Lee, Masanori Saito, Dhani Satria, Koichi
Shobatake, Suprihatin, Tien Tran Minh and Van Vu
Development of Life Cycle Inventories for Palm Oil in North Sumatra:
Modelling Site-Specific Activities and Conditions
Vita D Lelyana, Erwinsyah and Kiyotada Hayashi
Sequential Pattern Mining on Hotspot Data using PrefixSpan Algorithm
Nida Zakiya Nurulhaq and Imas S. Sitanggang

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An Intelligent Optimization Model Analysis and Design of Bio-filtration in
Raw Water Quality Improvement
Ramiza Lauda and Taufik Djatna
Development Of People Food Consumtion Patterns Information System
Based On Webmobile Application.
Fadly Maulana Shiddieq, Roni Kastaman and Irfan Ardiansah
Association Rules Mining on Forest Fires Data using FP-Growth and
ECLAT Algorithm
Nuke Arincy and Imas S. Sitanggang
Development Of Expert System For Selecting Tomato (Solanum
Lycopersicon) Varieties
Erlin Cahya Rizki Amanda, Kudang Boro Seminar, Muhamad Syukur
and Noguchi Ryozo
Developing Life Cycle Inventories for Rice Production Systems in
Philippines: How to Establish Site-specific Data within the General
Framework
Elmer Bautista, Kiyotada Hayashi and Masanori Saito
Construction of Site-specific Life Cycle Inventories for Rice Production
Systems in Vietnam
Tran Minh Tien, Bui Hai An, Vu ThiKhanh Van and Kiyotada
Hayashi
Study on Life Cycle Benefit Assessment as a tool for promoting the solution
of Environmental Problems
Tetsuo Nishi
Real Time Monitoring Glycerol Esterification Process with Mid IR Sensors
using Support Vector Machine Classification
Iwan Aang Soenandi, Taufik Djatna, Irzaman Husein and Ani Suryani
Extraction of Multi-Dimensional Research Knowledge Model from
Scientific Articles for Technology Monitoring
Arif R. Hakim and Taufik Djatna
Performance of Artificial Lighting Using Genetics Algorithms
Limbran Sampebatu
The Application of Fuzzy-Neuro Approach for ERP System Selection: Case
Study on an Agro-industrial Enterprise
Joko Ratono, Kudang Boro Seminar, Yandra Arkeman and Arif Imam
Suroso

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ICAIA 2015

ISBN : 978-1-4673-7404-0

How to Deal with Diversity in Cultivation Practices
Using Scenario Generation Techniques: Lessons from
the Asian Rice LCI Initiative
Kiyotada Hayashi 1), Yandra Arkeman 2), Elmer Bautista 3), Marlia Mohd Hanafiah 4), Jong Sik Lee 5),
Masanori Saito 6), Dhani Satria Wibawa 2), Koichi Shobatake 7), Suprihatin 2), Minh Tien Tran 8), Thi
Khanh Van Vu 9)
1)
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan, 2) Bogor Agricultural University,
Indonesia, 3) Philippine Rice Research Institute, 4) National University of Malaysia, 5) Rural
Development Administration, Korea, 6) Tohoku University, Japan, 7) TCO2 Co. Ltd., Japan, 8) Soils and
Fertilizers Research Institute, Vietnam, 9) National Institute of Animal Sciences, Vietnam
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]


Abstract—We established a research initiative to
construct life cycle inventory (LCI) database of
agricultural production systems in Asian countries.
Our activities started from the preparation of LCI
data on rice production systems in each country,
because rice is an important common crop in Asian
countries. In order to deal with diversity of

cultivation practices, we used the methodology of
scenario generation techniques, in which an
agricultural production system is defined as
combinations of many elements, i.e., agricultural
management practices. This paper provides an
outline of our activities so far and future
perspectives on the development of LCI databases
for agriculture and foods in Asian countries.

Manuscript received May 10, 2015. This work was in part
supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), 26310316.
Kiyotada Hayashi is with National Agriculture and Food
Research Organization, Agricultural Research Center, Tsukuba,
Japan (phone: +81-29-838-8850; fax: +81-29-838-8515; e-mail:
[email protected]).
Yandra Arkeman is with Department of Agroindustrial
Technology and Surfactant and Bioenergy Research Center, Bogor
Agricultural University, Kampus IPB Baranang Siang, Bogor,
Indonesia (e-mail: [email protected]).
Elmer Bautista is with Rice Engineering and Mechanization
Division, Philippine Rice Research Institute, Nueva Ecija,
Philippines (e-mail: [email protected]).
Marlia Mohd Hanafiah is with Faculty of Science and Technology,
National University of Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia (e-mail:
[email protected]).
Jong Sik Lee is with National Academy of Agricultural Science,
Rural Development Administration, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do,
Republic of Korea (e-mail: [email protected]).
Masanori Saito is with Field Science Center, Graduate School of
Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Osaki, Japan (e-mail:
[email protected]).
Dhani Satria Wibawa is with Surfactant and Bioenergy Research
Center, Bogor Agricultural University, Kampus IPB Baranang Siang,
Bogor, Indonesia (e-mail: [email protected]).
Koichi Shobatake is with TCO2 Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan (e-mail:
[email protected]).
Suprihatin is with Department of Agroindustrial Technology,
Bogor Agricultural University, Kampus IPB Baranang Siang, Bogor,
Indonesia (e-mail: [email protected]).
Minh Tien Tran is with Soils and Fertilizers Research Institute,
Hanoi, Vietnam (e-mail: [email protected]).
Thi Khanh Van Vu is with Department of Livestock Environment,
National Institute of Animal Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam (e-mail:
[email protected]).

I. INTRODUCTION

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ne of the important objectives of applying life
cycle assessment (LCA) to agricultural production
systems is to support decisions made by farmers and
policy makers whether to introduce alternative
agricultural practices. A typical example is the decision
problem to select conventional or organic agricultural
production. In this case, it is important to assess the
changes in environmental impacts and profitability
caused by the conversion to organic systems [1].
Another example is the decision whether to use
functional materials such as fertilizers made from
by-products of food products. Although they tend to
increase crop yields, the assessment of environmental
impacts cause by the application of the materials is not
straightforward [2].
However, in earlier studies of LCA of agricultural
production systems, the definition of agricultural
production processes is conventionally conducted
during the phase of “goal and scope definitions” and no
explicit effort has been devoted to the problem of how
to generate alternative agricultural production systems.
If we use the terminology of decision analysis [3]–[5],
the issue is how to invent innovative alternatives
through the use of alternatives generation techniques in
problem structuring. This is especially applicable to
LCA of agriculture and food in Asia, because there are a

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wide variety of agricultural systems under a wide
variety of climatic conditions.
Therefore, we established an research initiative to
develop life cycle inventory (LCI) databases of
agricultural products in Asian countries. As a first step,
we tried to make LCI data for rice production systems
under site-specific conditions using scenario generation
techniques. This paper outlines our recent activities on
the development of LCI data of rice production systems
in each countries.
II. METHODS
A. Scenario generation techniques
One of the most important ideas in our initiative is
how to understand site-specific agricultural practices
from more general and methodological perspectives.
Although general procedures to construct LCIs have
already been developed (e.g., [6], [7]), there is room to
develop procedures to deal with diversity of cultivation
practices in the real world. Therefore, we employed a
scenario generation techniques derived from “the
strategy generation table” [8], which has been used for
inventing creative alternatives in decision analysis, in
order to systematically define agricultural production
systems as combinations of management practices
under site-specific conditions [9].

TABLE I
ITEMS FOR RICE CULTIVATION SCENARIOS
No.
1.01
1.02
2.01
2.02
2.03
2.04
2.05
2.06
2.07
3.01
3.02
3.03
3.04
3.05
3.06
3.07
3.08
3.09
3.10
3.11
3.12
3.13
3.14
3.15
3.16
3.17
3.18
3.19
3.20

Item
Crop name
Variety (cultivar)
Location
Soil type
Average yield
Transplanting or direct seeding
Maximum depth of water
Proceeding crop (if rotated)
Following crop (if rotated)
Plowing and land preparation
Border coating
Raising of seedling
Basal fertilize application
Application of other organic materials
Start of flooding
Soil puddling
Transplanting
Weeding
Midseason drainage
Water management after midseason drainage
(intermittent irrigation)
Additional fertilizer application
Fungicide application
Insecticide application
Herbicide application
Herbicide application (ridges between rice fields)
Weeding in ridges between rice fields
Harvesting
Drying
Management of rice straw

B. Scenario generation of rice cultivation in Asian
countries
As a method to generate rice cultivation scenarios in
each country, we prepared items of management
practices, which are equivalent to strategy elements in
strategy generation tables. The list of items are shown in
Table I.
C. From scenario generation to inventories
On the basis of the rice cultivation scenarios, we
made LCI data for foreground processes of rice
production systems.
III. RESULTS
A. Rice cultivation scenarios
This section summarizes the current progress of
scenario generation in our initiative.
Indonesia: Rice production systems in West Java are
tentatively defined.
Japan: Since paddy rice is cultivated all over Japan,
we made cultivation scenarios for conventional,
environmentally friendly, and organic rice production
systems in several prefectures. Organic production
systems are, in many cases, based on the use of weeding
machinery [10]– [12].
Korea: Conventional, no-pesticide, and organic rice
production systems in the southern part of Korea were
defined. No-pesticide and organic production systems
are based on the use of river snails [12].
Malaysia: Rice production systems in in Peninsular
Malaysia were tentatively defined.
Philippines: Two rice production systems, including
NSIC (National Seed Industry Council) Rc varieties
and NSIC hybrid rice varieties, in Nueva Ecija and one
rice production system in Cagayan Valley, which uses
NSIC Rc varieties, were defines [13].
Vietnam: Two rice production systems were defined.
One is located in the Mekong River Delta and the other
in the Red River Delta [14].
B. Construction of Foreground processes
We prepared the foreground process data on the basis
of the scenarios. As a first step to the construction of
LCI data for rice production systems in each country,
we gathered data on yield, fossil-fuel consumption,
electricity consumption, cultivation condition,
agricultural machinery, greenhouses, fertilizers,
pesticides, seedling, and other materials.
IV. DISCUSSION
A. Representativeness
We tried to construct our data empirically so far. The
reason is that our primary purpose is the development of
a common framework to assess rice production systems
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a comprehensive database for environmental labelling
policy making. Although the term “representativeness”
is sometimes used for expressing the appropriateness of
background data used for the assessment of a
foreground process, we have now clarified that
suitability and compatibility of scenarios are more
appropriate terminologies in understanding the
relationship between foreground and background
process data. For example, in modeling processed foods
made from rice, the issue is what kind of rice is used as
the raw material for the processing and not whether the
rice cultivation is representative in the country.
B. Inheritance of data structure
Although it seems to be a reasonable way to derive
regionalized data (children) from global data (parents)
as explained in ecoinvent 3 [7], our experience on
tentative data development illustrates that further
considerations on data structure and their inheritance
are necessary for constructing LCI databases.
C. Background processes
Our project on the development of LCI data for rice
production systems is still in progress in the sense that
LCI data for agricultural inputs (such as fertilizers,
pesticides, and agricultural machinery) have not yet
been established. The situation we face makes a striking
contrast to the case for AGRIBALYSE [15], which uses
ecoinvent data for agricultural inputs in European
regions. Although ecoinvent, for example, uses such
European data in constructing LCIs for agricultural
production systems in Asia (e.g., oil palm production in
Malaysia) and South America (e.g., soybean production
in Brazil), we have to reconsider the appropriateness of
such LCI practices.

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V. CONCLUDING REMARKS
This paper is an outline of our initiative on the
development of Asian LCI databases of agricultural
production systems. We started our activities on rice
production systems, because rice is an important
common crop in Asian countries. Our next step would
be the extension of our activities into food supply
chains including rice processing, distribution, and
consumption. Paying attention to the other commodities
such as palm oil and coffee is also important from the
perspective of regional development. Recent diet shifts
in Asian countries necessitate the assessment of animal
products.

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