Overview of Digital Agriculture Technologies in Indonesia: Policies, Implementation, and Covid-19 Relation

This study was purposed to overview on general application of Indonesia’s digital agriculture technology policies, implementation, and its relation to the Covid-19 pandemic. This study was undertaken through a systematic evidence evaluation complemented with an interactive map and thematic map of digital agriculture application. This study reported that the Government of Indonesia (GoI) has issued national initiatives and policies that support the implementation of digital techologies in food and agriculture sectors. However, a very limited number of both initiatives and policy has mainstreamed the Covid-19 pandemic. An interactive map of digital agriculture companies can be found at this link:https://agriculture40companies.gis.co.id/, and most of the companies are in form of farmers advisory, mechanization platforms, digital marketplace, e-commerce, traceability, food delivery, and peer-to-peer lending. These applications are mostly concentrated in Java island, and and have benefited digital technologies, such as IoT, blockchain, artifical intelligence, smart phone or android, mobile apps, GPS/GIS, and drone. Start-up companies have applied strategic measures to cope with the pandemic implications and some activities of the companies are suspended.