Indonesian sugarcane seed system performance: an assessment from the perspective of institutional and technological innovation support

Provision of plant seeds involves various stakeholders in a relatively complex supply chain, starting from tracing the source of superior seeds, producing, storing, and distributing to the end user. Research on the performance of the Indonesian sugarcane seed system from the perspective of institutional and technological innovation was conducted from March to October 2018. The survey method with snowball sampling and the multidimensional scaling analysis was used in this study. The results showed that the performance of the Indonesian sugarcane seed system was categorized as "pretty good" with a range of performance indexes in each dimension 54.23 - 73.13 and an average index of 65.89. The highest performance is achieved in the organizational dimension, while the lowest is in the dissemination dimension. The lever for improving the performance of seed institutions is the regulation of tariffs and the carrying capacity of tissue culture laboratory infrastructure, while technology licensing partnerships and training for seed producers are levers from the perspective of supporting technological innovation.