The Southeast Asia Program of IPNI

Agricultural production in Southeast Asia will further intensify and diversify to keep up with the rising demand of a growing population that is predicted to increase by 140 million in the next 20 years. The necessity for intensification offers substantial opportunities for farmers to introduce profitable, sustainable and environmentally sound strategies that are tailored to site-specific conditions as the need for purchased inputs increase. The Southeast Asia Program of IPNI is well positioned in the region through joint collaborative projects on the development and dissemination of novel site-specific nutrient management approaches in rice, maize, and oil palm in lowland and upland areas of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Projects that cut across crops include work on soil-related constraints to increasing productivity.

It is our vision that farmers achieve increased profitability, food security, and environmental sustainability through the appropriate use of fertilizer nutrients considering interactions with other management practices. It is our objective to realize public-private partnerships in the promotion of improved, benefit enhancing nutrient and crop management practices through research and extension.

What's New

News - Latest issue of SEAP Quarterly Newsletter
View the latest information on recent activities of our program and selected news on regional developments.
Software and Tools - Nutrient Expert for Hybrid Maize
	Many countries in Asia have started replacing existing blanket fertilizer recommendations for vast areas with rice, maize, or wheat with more site-specific guidelines adapted to local needs. A key challenge faced by the local extension agencies remains the complex nature of factors influencing nutrient requirements. The Nutrient Expert for Hybrid Maize is a new, computer-based decision support tool developed to assist local experts to quickly formulate fertilizer guidelines for tropical hybrid maize based on the principles of site-specific nutrient management (SSNM). This software allows scientists and extension experts to jointly develop novel nutrient management strategies for evaluation. Learn more
Maize - Site Specific Nutrient Management for Favorable Tropical Environments
	More than 120 on-farm experiments with hybrid maize were conducted during 2004-2008 at 19 key production sites in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam to develop and evaluate a new site-specific nutrient management approach for Asia. The SSNM concept has been simplified and is now ready for wider-scale, participatory evaluation in partnership with farmers. Learn more
Publications - IPNI Pocket Guides on Oil Palm Now Available in Bahasa Indonesia
	The first edition of the IPNI pocket guide series on Nursery, Immature, and Mature published 10 years ago in English language quickly became popular among planters as a generic, high quality, and widely applicable reference to best management practices in oil palm. The guides have been high in demand ever since with more than 4,500 copies sold and distributed to date. It is much overdue that we offer the pocket guide series in Bahasa Indonesia to make this ‘ready reference’ more widely available to field personnel. Learn more
Software and Tools - Nutrient Manager for Rice
	Nutrient Manager for Rice is a new, user-friendly computer-based decision support tool enabling extension agents to quickly formulate fertilizer guidelines for specific fields or rice-growing areas. This tool only requires information that can be easily provided by a farmer or a local expert. After answering a few key questions, a farmer can get a fertilizer guideline tailored to his rice variety and growing conditions. The guidelines generated by this tool are consistent with the scientific principles of Site-Specific Nutrient Management (SSNM) for rice developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), and will help a farmer increase his yield and profit by applying the right amount of fertilizer at the right time. Learn more