August 12, 2024

Indonesian startup eFishery joins programme for shrimp disease prevention research

Indonesian aquaculture startup eFishery is participating in the Knowledge Partnership Platform Australia-Indonesia (KONEKSI) 2024 collaborative research grant programme, AquaFeed reported.

Partnering with Padjadjaran University (Unpad) in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, eFishery will focus on developing an information system to address shrimp diseases and epidemic prevention.

The research aims to create an effective system for detecting, reporting, and monitoring shrimp diseases in Indonesia. This system is expected to assist shrimp farmers across the country in preventing and mitigating epidemics, thereby enhancing productivity and sustainability in shrimp farming.

The eFishery research team, led by Ardimas Andi Purwita, head of Research and Innovation under the AIoT division, will collaborate with the Unpad research team led by Prof Hamzah Ritchi. Their joint project, titled "Designing Disease Reporting and Monitoring Systems (DRMS): A Gender-Inclusive Action Design Research to Prevent Disease Outbreaks in Shrimp Farming in Indonesia," will also involve cooperation with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney and the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries.

"We are glad to collaborate with eFishery in this research project to build an information system to prevent shrimp disease. Shrimp disease is one of the main obstacles in shrimp farming in Indonesia, and we are sure that the research will be able to produce effective solutions to solve said obstacle. This collaboration is also a good example of the synergy between academics, industry, and government, in encouraging the betterment of science and technology. We hope this research will be able to significantly contribute to the development of the aquaculture industry in Indonesia, as well as improving the general welfare of shrimp farmers," stated Prof Hamzah Ritchi.

The research aligns with eFishery's commitment to supporting sustainable and responsible shrimp farming. eFishery anticipates that this research will significantly contribute to advancing Indonesia's aquaculture industry.

"eFishery is open to research collaboration opportunities with universities, on both local and international levels, as well as the government. If the research is within the aquaculture domain, the opportunity for partnerships and collaborations is wide open. We would like to encourage triple helix collaboration between academics, government, and industry. This collaboration is vital to integrate science, policy, and technology, in creating innovative solutions that could improve productivity and sustainability in the aquaculture sector," Ardimas concluded.

KONEKSI is a collaborative initiative focusing on the knowledge and innovation sector, initiated by the Australian government (DFAT) and the Indonesian government (Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology; BRIN; Bappenas). The programme aims to promote equal educational partnerships and utilise local knowledge to address challenges and issues in the social and economic fields. KONEKSI fully supports multidisciplinary research partnership programmes to realise knowledge-based solutions and policies and sustainable, inclusive development.

-      AquaFeed