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Presidential Instruction 7-2016 Presidential Decree 3-2017 Ministerial Regulation 1-2019 Presidential Decree 18-2020

The Indonesian government has implemented several regulations since 2016 to promote the seaweed industry, aiming for a production target of 12.3 million tonnes by 2024. Despite being a major producer, the seaweed value chain in Papua faces 11 key gaps, including limited access to quality seedlings and nascent markets. The government is focusing on enhancing cultivation methods and market access to address these challenges.

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Presidential Instruction 7-2016 Presidential Decree 3-2017 Ministerial Regulation 1-2019 Presidential Decree 18-2020

The Indonesian government has implemented several regulations since 2016 to promote the seaweed industry, aiming for a production target of 12.3 million tonnes by 2024. Despite being a major producer, the seaweed value chain in Papua faces 11 key gaps, including limited access to quality seedlings and nascent markets. The government is focusing on enhancing cultivation methods and market access to address these challenges.

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The Indonesian government has committed to fostering the growth of the seaweed industry

by issuing several regulations since 2016.

Presidential instruction Presidential Decree Ministerial regulation Presidential Decree


7-2016 3-2017 1-2019 18-2020

● Under the leadership of the ● They have put into effect ● The issuance of a General ● Stating that the Ministry of
Coordinating Ministry for Maritime the Action Plan for Guideline for Seaweed Marine Affairs and
and Investments Affairs, relevant Accelerating the Farming further highlights the Fisheries intends to
ministries have been instructed to Development of the seaweed policy within achieve a production
accelerate the development of National Fisheries Indonesia’s aquaculture policy target of 12.3 million
Indonesia's fisheries industry. Industry, which landscape. tonnes of seaweed by
encompasses a strategy 2024 and distribute
for advancing the 500,000 seaweed
seaweed industry. seedlings by the end of
the period.

Source: Partnership for Australia-Indonesia Research, 2023

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With Indonesia being one of the world’s major producers of eucheumatoids and gracilaria
types of seaweed.
Global production volume for Eucheumatoids Global production volume for Gracilaria
in million tonnes in million tonnes

Lain-lain Chile
Malaysia Indonesia
Philippines China
Indonesia
1.5M

8.1M
3.4M 515.6K

Source: Seaweed Insights

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Project implementation and additional research identified 11 key gaps and opportunities in
the seaweed value chain in Papua
Value chain of seaweed and identified gaps

CULTIVATION VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS


Processing Pre-selling Selling
Gap 4 Gap 6 Gap 7
Very few Difficulty in obtaining Nascent seaweed
seaweed VAPs necessary certification markets in Papua
Gap 5
Limited access to tools
Pre-harvest Cultivation and materials

Gap 1 Gap 2
Lack of access to high Substandard cultivation DRIED SEAWEED
quality seedlings methods
Storage Selling
Gap 3 Gap 8 Gap 9
Lack of seaweed variety Lack of proper storage Limited number of buyers,
being tested resulting in lower bargaining power
of farmers

FARMER MOTIVATION (FM)


Gap 10: Lack of immediate financial reward to sustain motivation of farmers to cultivate, process, and sell seaweed

GEOGRAPHICAL DISADVANTAGE (GD)


Gap 11: Inherent challenges to access wider markets due to the remote location

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