Bustanul Arifin is Professor of Agricultural Economics in the University of Lampung (UNILA), Senior Economist with the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF), and Professorial Fellow at School of Business in Bogor Agricultural University (IPB). Dr. Arifin has over 35 year-experience on a comprehensive range of research in food and agricultural policy, institutional change, and sustainable development strategy. He has a wide range of consultancy experience in the fields of economics and development issues for international agencies such as: World Bank, UNDP, FAO, ADB, USAID, AusAID, etc. Professor Arifin earns a Ph.D. in resource economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) and Sarjana (Bachelor) degree in agricultural economics from Bogor Agricultural University (IPB). He is now serving as the President of the Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE), President of the Indonesian Society of Agricultural Economics (PERHEPI) and Coodinator of Focus Group on Food and Agricultural Transformation in the Indonesian Economists Association (ISEI), Chairman of National Commission of Agricultural Extension (KPPN), Chairman of Statistical Society Forum (FMS), Expert Councils for the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI), Indonesian Coconut Board (DEKINDO), Indonesian Coffee Council (DEKOPI), and Indonesian Cocoa Board (DEKAINDO). Professor Arifin has published 45 titles of books in economics and development issues, including a sole author of 20 books. He has also authored over 80 articles in scientific journals, written and presented over 100 research papers in international conferences, and over 500 research papers in national seminars, workshops and conferences in Indonesia. Dr. Arifin is a well-known analyst on economics and development issues for national television and radio stations, and has written about 1,000 articles and columns in magazines and newspapers.
For more information, please consult also my CV in the following link: CV Arifin short version-2023-TEMP
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