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THE CONDITION OF INDONESIAN AGRICULTURE AND HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP

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IOT IN AGRICULTURE: INTERNET OF FARMING THE CONDITION OF INDONESIAN AGRICULTURE AND HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP AITELMOO BECOMES THE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS FOR INDONESIAN BREEDERS CODEGREEN AI HACKATHON 2021 COMPLETED, MANY AMAZING IDEAS ARE BORN

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AITELMOO BECOMES THE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS FOR INDONESIAN BREEDERS Techbros as a digital innovator is aware that there is a gap between technology and various sectors in Indonesia, one of which is livestock. Many breeders work traditionally, on the other hand, this work can be assisted by technologies such as artificial intelligence and deep learning. Aitelmoo from Techbros is here to answer breeders' problems.

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THE CONDITION OF INDONESIAN AGRICULTURE AND HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP IOT IN AGRICULTURE: INTERNET OF FARMING The presence of the Internet of Things (IoT) has greatly helped many sectors, one of which is agriculture. Known as the Internet of Farming (IoF), this agricultural version of IoT can help farmers' production levels and ease farmers' work. IoF is able to bring agriculture from traditional farming to precision farming. However, the implementation cannot be generalized because each country has its own challenges.

In the past, Indonesian agriculture was the most ogled sector. So how is the situation now? What are the problems and challenges faced? To what extent has technology intervened in this sector? To get these answers, we conducted an exclusive interview with Zakki Hakim, Founder of PT BDE Management Resources.

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IoT in Agriculture:

The presence of the Internet of Things (IoT) is very helpful and is applied in almost all sectors, especially agriculture.

The definition of IoT according to IBM is a very large network and can connect many things with its users in large numbers, where there is collection and sharing of data about many things and the environment around the users so that the data generated about those things are relevant to be the source of information for solving the problem of the users.

In the agricultural sector, IoT is known as the Internet of Farming (IoF) which brings this sector to smart agriculture and the implementation of precision farming for farmers. The expected impact of the emergence of IoF is of course facilitating the performance of farmers, slowly changing traditional farming into precision farming without shifting the quality and professionalism of the farmers, so that the operation and production processes of the farmers can be greatly improved and run effectively and efficiently. Not only farmers but stakeholders related to this sector are also able to facilitate their dealings with IoF. The implementation of IoF cannot be applied simultaneously and instantaneously to the agricultural sector in all parts of the world because the conditions of agriculture and the ability to access technology around the world are different. So the needs and capabilities of implementing IoF in each country will be different. According to Zakki Hakim, Founder of PT BDE Management Resources, Indonesia's agricultural conditions are facing challenges to shift from traditional farming to precision farming.

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The presence of IoF will enable farmers to use precision farming techniques to enable farmers to increase automation in the core agricultural process and carry out the remote control, while farmers remain responsible for their land. So, if this technical part becomes light for farmers, they can focus on market choices, marketing, and maintaining communication with stakeholders including customers, which includes the community because recently they are directly involved in this industry.

Food safety and agricultural product tracking do not require extra time if IoF is applied because both of these can be assisted by sensors in the field that can detect if there is a problem, and farmers will be given a warning. Aware of this, Techbros also focuses on developing smart agriculture, especially in Indonesia and one of the solutions is Aitelmoo, which utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to increase the productivity of local farmers.

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The Condition of Indonesian Agriculture and How Technology Can Help The agricultural sector is one of the most important sectors for all countries, including Indonesia, but many changes have occurred over time. This brings Indonesia to meet many new challenges, one of which is in terms of technology, therefore we invite Zakki Hakim, Founder of PT BDE Management Resources to discuss.

“There are three indicators that measure whether a country's agricultural sector is independent or not. First, people are free to make food choices for consumption, secondly, they are able to get access to these choices independently, and thirdly, they have the knowledge to make those choices,” said Zakki. According to him, although there are still food imports, if food needs are always available, affordable, and nutritious, it should be safe.

The problems being faced by the Indonesian agricultural sector are, firstly, related to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), where Indonesia's GDP in the 80s, around 24% was still contributed by agriculture, but currently, only 12% is left from agriculture. The second is related to labor absorption. In the 80s, almost 70% of Indonesia's population worked in the agricultural sector, but today it is only about 28%. Even so, the agricultural sector is still the highest sector that absorbs labor. Third, is the regeneration of farmers. The average age of farmers in Indonesia is 45 years, then the number of Indonesian farmers decreased from 31 million 10 years ago, now there are around 20 million, even though Indonesia is receiving a demographic bonus, the lack of enthusiasm of young people towards the agricultural sector is increasingly worrying. Data on young farmers in Indonesia aged 20 to 39 years is only 8% or equivalent to 2.7 million people.

Fourth, is the problem of marketing. Most of today's farmers, who are 45 years old, have good farming professionalism skills. But sometimes these skills are not appreciated by the market, what they produce is only judged to be limited to the ups and downs of commodity prices, therefore marketing is needed to convince the market that farmers are not just farming, but also have special skills needed. On the other hand, of course, the market must also have an open mind and an attitude of respect. Fifth, the unavailability of reliable data can make it easier for farmers to improve the quality and quantity and the products they produce, for example, there is no reliable data on paddy fields in www.techbros.io | 5

Zakki Hakim Founder PT. BDE Manajemen Resources

Indonesia. The key to this problem is Big Data. So that technology can be present as a solution to some of the problems experienced

by Indonesian agriculture.

Is this a good thing or a bad thing? In fact, this is a consequence of Indonesia's national growth and development. This is in accordance with the logical consequences and development theory, where countries that enter the middle class will have fewer people working in the agricultural sector due to the emergence of many new employment sectors such as services, infrastructure, and others. However, based on the data above, the Ministry of Agriculture has said that 42 years from now there may be no farmers in Indonesia.

Technology is the key to the success of Indonesian agriculture in the future Therefore, the choice of whether to maintain the agricultural sector is in the hands of all parties who contribute to this sector, from the government and nongovernment parties to the community. Coupled with technological encouragement, Indonesian agriculture should be able to survive amid changing times, even though the application of technology in this sector is still minimal. This is constrained because there is still a digital divide or a very large technological gap, then internet access and gadgets for farmers in rural areas are still limited. Initiatives from several parties to help already exist, but large-scale benefits are still lacking, there are still some things that have not been well integrated.

In terms of technology, Zakki hopes that every contributor, both government and non-government, should contribute more to big data in the agricultural sector and digital access for agricultural sector actors in Indonesia. If they have this, hopefully, they have a good business plan so they can do a good job and workforce planning.

Furthermore, Zakki hopes that Indonesia can shift from traditional farming to precision farming, where the involvement of information and technology is very important. An example of precision farming is that farmers can know that each planting hole requires what percentage of water content and pesticide levels are, then farmers receive information when it will rain and how much it will rain, so that with this information, farmers are able to match farming techniques (cultivating the soil, planting, caring for, and harvesting crops) with precision or accuracy.

All of the above discussion points to one thing, technological developments and their impact on the agricultural sector cannot be avoided. Farmers should immediately seek ongoing guidance from experts. In Indonesia itself, the technology in agriculture that is needed now is the integration of big data and the application of precision farming which is able to make Indonesian agriculture more effective and precise in producing agricultural products, which will have an impact on the food securities of the community. This is in line with the program that Techbros focuses on in Indonesia, namely smart agriculture. www.techbros.io | 6

This program aims to apply IoT technology and also artificial intelligence associated with big data according to Indonesian agricultural needs and of course starting with the installation of the internet for rural areas.

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Aitelmoo Becomes the Effective and Efficient Solutions for Indonesian Breeders Quoting from data on the development of the livestock sub-sector workforce based on education in 2020 (SAKERNAS August) issued by the Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health of the Indonesian Ministry of Animal Husbandry, out of a total of 4,590,896 livestock subsector workers, as many as 84% ​of breeders in Indonesia are graduates of basic education, 14% graduated from secondary education, and 2% graduated from higher education. The number of workers in the livestock sub-sector in Indonesia in 2020 aged 15-24 are 537,780 people and those aged 25-59 are 2,925,400, the rest of the breeders aged 60 years and over are around 1,127,716.

After getting the age data of breeders in Indonesia, let's find out the age data of Indonesian internet users. Quoting from APJII data for 2019-2020, the distribution of internet use of the Indonesian population based on the age group 15-24 holds the highest record at 14.1%, while the age group 2559 holds the highest percentage at 13.1%, for the age 60 and above holds the highest percentage of 3.6%. This means that in the age group 15-24 and 25-29 it is still possible to assist in learning and using the internet for daily needs, including animal husbandry.

Several age groups of breeders have fairly many members and are also the dominant age group of internet users in Indonesia. So it can be concluded that some breeders' age groups are still able to operate gadgets. Although there are some difficulties due to the gadget and internet divide between rural and urban areas, it is not impossible that they can learn, of course, in this case guidance from experts is needed.

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problems experienced by breeders, especially for the traditional cattle breeders that still do many things manually. One example of conditions that can be seen in the use of traditional methods is manual monitoring which causes breeders unable to gain collective data on cattle and weight scale monitoring which takes time and effort. This can limit the productivity of local breeders which can indirectly have an impact on decreasing income and profits.

The decline in income and profits are a nightmare for breeders. At times like this, the presence of technology can help facilitate the work of breeders, for example with artificial intelligence and deep learning. Techbros is well aware of the problems experienced by Indonesian breeders, therefore Aitelmoo was created, a technology that combines artificial intelligence and deep learning cattle monitoring that enables this tool to perform real-time monitoring that can improve breeders’ supervision of the cattle being reared able to streamline time and power.

Aitelmoo's execution can not only be applied to cows, but some farm animals can be the main objects to be detected, such as sheep, goats, and chickens. Aitelmoo designed by Techbros focuses its performance on the classification of individual conditions/livestock, food consumption, and weight and marking of cattle. Aitelmoo is able to bring various benefits to breeders to increase the productivity of local breeders which can have an impact on income and profits.

To implement Aitelmoo with a myriad of capabilities that can increase the productivity of local breeders, adequate internet access facilities are needed in the area. This step needs to be preceded by the installation of internet access. If the livestock sector pioneers technology-based activities that bring many benefits, then it is not impossible that this can be applied and has an impact on other sectors. This will certainly bring progress and uniqueness to the area, especially for rural areas, village internet can lead villages to become smart villages, and

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In the future, many changes that occur do not rule out the possibility of a new phase for Indonesian livestock, where real-time monitoring integrated with IoT makes it easier for consumers and potential consumers to see the quality of livestock in various regions, can make transactions and real-time monitoring of marked animals livestock, get updates on the condition of farm animals, and more. Therefore, the system created can have a good impact on many parties and can bring Indonesian livestock to exist in the international arena.

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CODEGREEN AI HACKATHON 2021 COMPLETED, MANY AMAZING IDEAS ARE BORN

Earthling Indonesia e.V is determined to contribute to environmental conservation, a program called Codegreen AI Hackathon 2021 is held. This hackathon provides an opportunity for Indonesian citizens and the Indonesian diaspora in Europe to develop and convey ideas to stakeholders in Indonesia and Europe regarding innovations in forestry and agriculture during the three-week hackathon and mentoring session. This event was organized by Earthling Indonesia e.V supported by Techbros GmbH and the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Berlin.

Anindya Putri as Chairwoman of Earthling Indonesia said "Through this competition, we build a network of people with ideas and relevant stakeholders. Hopefully, through this event, the concepts pre-incubated in the hackathon could be implemented in Indonesia. Codegreen AI Hackathon will be designed for people with ideas to join, with the developed product as the output ready to be used by stakeholders or at least become a prototype”. The theme for Codegreen AI Hackathon 2021 is “Computer Vision for Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry in Indonesia’’ with focus points on biodiversity maintenance, life environment analysis, worker’s wellbeing, conservation and carbon reserve assessment, precision agriculture. www.techbros.io | 12

After going through a series of events, three teams were chosen with extraordinary concepts, including the first winner was Robust(a), the second winner was OTan Spotter, and the third winner was Resyst. Some time ago our team had the opportunity to interview Robust(a) and OTan Spotter, the teams shared an outline of their idea concept and preparation behind their success. During the interview with Robust(a), almost all team members came and shared their stories, starting from Abdullah Shams, Suchi Julidayan, Fadli, and Wisnu Harto Adiwijoyo. "Because our team has extensive knowledge in the agricultural sector and technology, we saw that this hackathon (Codegreen) could bring this (the idea) to the farmer that would not have access to such advanced technologies. Also with this hackathon and the team we have, we can make an impact and make a change, I think that was what put us together as a team", Abdullah said.

The Robust(a) team chose to take part in this program because they share the same basic interest in the field and issues raised and want to offer changes that can help Indonesian farmers especially coffee farmers. The thing that underlies their target is many coffee farmers in Indonesia live in poverty, which is ironic because this is inversely proportional to the growing potential and popularity of coffee

in Indonesia. The team initiated by Suchi indeed has the main target to help coffee farmers and make changes, that is their biggest goal. So that being a winner is a proud bonus for them.

Robust(a) is computer vision technology that can connect farmers with investors and the result is a website and mobile application. This application is intended for coffee farmers and investors. Robust(a) have three value propositions, among them a fair & sustainable investment value proposition, an optimized monitoring system, and expansion"Coffee is only the initial project, that we want to expand more into other commodities such as another type of vegetables", Suchi said. "Working with cases from Indonesia and getting to know the economic situation and the problems that exist, I think this is quite informative and quite positive that we can make changes with the knowledge and experience we have", Abdullah explained about the new experiences he and his team got through this program.

Wisnu and Fadli also agreed that this was an interesting experience, starting from seeing the various ideas brought by other teams even though the issues raised were the same, to having an interesting experience working with teams with various backgrounds.

Turning to the OTan Spotter team, Steven, one of the team members, explained that the formation of this team came from the same background as students who are concerned about the latest technology and environmental problems, especially in Indonesia. "At Codegreen Hackathon 2021, we see the potential to target a problem in Sumatra and Kalimantan that often plagues the Orangutan population and try affordable solutions so that it can be scaled open-source www.techbros.io | 13

with the help of NGO communities or relevant stakeholders", explained Steven regarding encouragement to join this competition. "Our spirit before the winner of the competition was announced was, nothing is set in stone yet, so we always try our best during the competition", he added.

Starting from empathy for orangutans who suffer from environmental problems, Steven and his team created OTan Spotter, which is a computer vision AI for animal conservation. “Our AI can be installed on drones that have cameras, from drone camera video streams, our AI can detect the type of animal and send its location for mapping.

In addition, the OTan Spotter can also carry out patrols and provide warnings to officers if a fire is detected", explained Steven regarding the concept of the idea they came up with. Through this competition, Steven learns how to develop ideas for solving a problem. His message to young people out there is the enthusiasm to seek knowledge, and be diligent in reading the latest information related to technological developments and environmental problems.

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This activity was held online starting from July 1, 2021, to 30 September 2021. All interns were included in seven teams, each holding a different project. Not only running an apprenticeship program by working on projects, but Techbros often holds various supporting activities to increase the knowledge of interns such as several times debriefing sessions in the form of webinar and one of

the interesting programs namely One Day CEO Techbros. In this program, several selected candidates were chosen through several selection processes and eventually curated into several internals who would feel one day as CEO of Start-Up with various debriefing materials and opportunities for activities like CEOs, of course, with direct guidance from CEO Techbros GMBH, Yudhi Rahadian. The selected candidates are Ridhwan Nashir, Rizqy Ilmi Naufal, Febby Fitri Permadani, and Daffashiddiq Nur Awan.

One of the elected candidates for One Day CEO, Daffashiddiq explained, for the process of joining the One Day CEO program, one person was chosen from each internship group, then each week held a meeting to be given a material enrichment by the CEO, from the enrichment of the material the participants were asked to make a Business Canvas Model (BMC) which will later be delivered as a topic when the One Day CEO program runs. When the program runs, for a full day participants will

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GLOBAL INTERNSHIP TELKOM UNIVERSITY & TECHBROS follow the meeting with each division in TechBros about the BMC that has been made earlier, then the participants explained the startup realization process to be made based on BMC. At the end of the interview, Daffa said "I think the program was really insightful because I got the chance to discuss with more experienced individuals, and what made this program more interesting was a regional difference, the mentors took place in German. For the future of Techbros, I hope that all businesses in Techbros are run smoothly and become a pioneer of the Technology Enabler company in Indonesia and in Germany."

In line with Daffa, one of the internship participants named Afi Adani gave his impression during the program that became one of the Merdeka Belajar Programs from Telkom University. Afi said he found many new things and also experienced them despite working online. "In my opinion, the lessons that can be taken are discipline and honesty in our work. Besides that, I also get a lot of knowledge, especially in the fields of technology and business. I am sure both of these are very useful knowledge in the future."

The program was run successfully and closed with a closing ceremony attended by the CEO of Techbros along with the mentors, the International Office of Telkom University, and also the internship students.At this closing event, the internship participants from each group present the final results of the project they are working on. In the event, Telkom University, in line with Techbros expressing a happy feeling, can work together for this internship program. It is expected that in the future, communication continues to run and opportunities to work together in the future are available.

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