The Indonesian Agricultural Researchers Alliance (APPERTANI) which was established on November 25, 2020 and confirmed by the Decree of the Minister of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia Number AHU-0013016.AH.01.07, Year 2020, January 7, 2021, held a plenary meetings and discussions of the management with members and the expert team on a hybrid basis, online via Zoom meeting ID:967 4271 4814 and offline at the Ruang Padi of the Indonesian Center of Food Crops Research and Development on March 19, 2022. The meeting was attended by around 50 participants, consisting of senior advisors, management, supervisors, APPERTANI expert teams as well as invited guesses from FKPR, PT AIM, PT AZUMA, and representatives of echelon I of the Ministry of Agriculture.

The main objectives of the meeting were: 1) to introduce, design and determine the institutional format, build data based, evaluate the status of roles and development of activities, 2) to discuss the direction and strategy of organizational and cooperation programs in accordance with the mission, 3) to discuss networking mechanisms, management systems and implementation of future activities and obtain information on cooperation opportunities with the Ministry of Agriculture. Another topic discussed was the existence and position of the Research Professor Communication Forum (RPCF) after the integration of the research function into National Research and Innovation Agency as well as  to build cooperation and management synergies with RFCF-APPERTANI-PT AIM, especially APPERTANI with PT. AIM.

Most of the experiences and lessons learned from the five activities that have been, are being and will be carried out by APPERTANI are obtained passively, which are initiated by partners together with several personnel of the expert team/supervisory board. In the future, the challenge is that APPERTANI must be more pro-active in initiating and seeking collaborative activities by submitting proposals in accordance with the corridors of APPERTANI’s expertise to other parties. Institutions need improvement such as websites, take advantage of and expand the network that has been built to become a professional consultant on “AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS AND SOLUTIONS”.