Rida Akzar

Dr Rida Akzar

Full time

School of Economics and Public Policy

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Rida Akzar is a lecturer at the School of Economics and Public Policy. He holds a PhD degree from the University of Adelaide (2021). His research interests are on the topic of agricultural technology adoption, rural development, food value chain, and agricultural policy. As an early career researcher, he works on projects funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) on smallholder dairy farmers development in Indonesia (IndoDairy) and mobile finance in Lao and Cambodia. Previously, he worked on projects funded by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia and the World Bank. Besides research, he has extensive experience in undertaking administrative and research management activities and duties such as data collection (e.g. household surveys, value chain interviews), stakeholder engagements, project reporting, and dissemination.

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2024 - ongoing Lecturer School of Economics and Public Policy
    2021 - 2023 Research Fellow (Post-doc) University of Adelaide, Adelaide
    2016 - 2017 Research Associate Business School, Bogor Agricultural University
    2016 - 2016 Research Assistant University of Adelaide
    2012 - 2013 Credit Analyst PT Surya Artha Nusantara Finance (Astra Indonesia)

  • Awards and Achievements
    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2024 Award Commendation for Grant Excellence Faculty of Arts, Business, Law, and Economics, The University of Adelaide Australia -
    2024 Research Award Early Career Excellence Award School of Economics and Public Policy Australia AUD 500
    2024 Award People’s choice Award for poster presentation at The 68th AARES Annual Conference 6-9 February 2024, Canberra, Australia AARES Australia AUD 100
    2020 Scholarship ACIAR Travel Grant ACIAR Australia -
    2019 Award Runner-up for 3 minute thesis competition Australasian Agricultural and Resources Economics Society Australia -
    2018 Award Crawford Fund Scholar Crawford Fund Australia -
    2017 Scholarship South Australian Indonesian Global Food Scholarship University of Adelaide Australia -
    2014 Scholarship Australia Awards Scholarship - Australia -

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2017 - 2021 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
    2014 - 2016 University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia Master of Global Food and Agricultural Business
    2008 - 2012 Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor Indonesia Bachelor of Economics

  • Research Interests
    Agribusiness Agricultural Economics Agricultural Economics & Policy Agri-food, water and environment systems

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2025 Akzar, R., Peralta Sanchez, M. A., & Umberger, W. (2025). Adoption of dairy feed technology bundles improves smallholder dairy farmers' milk production. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 15(2), 269-287.
    DOI Scopus1
    2025 Akbar, A., Darma, R., Irawan, A., Fudjaja, L., Amandaria, R., & Akzar, R. (2025). An institutional framework for enhanced food security amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: Strategic implementation and outcomes. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 21, 101833.
    DOI
    2025 Amandaria, R., Darma, R., Tenriawaru, N., Fudjaja, L., Untari., & Akzar, R. (2025). Gender, empowerment, and rural sustainable development: A case study of crab business integration. Open Agriculture, 10(1).
    DOI
    2025 Amandaria, R., Darma, R., Zain, M. M., Fudjaja, L., Wahda, M. A., Kamarulzaman, N. H., . . . Akzar, R. (2025). Sustainable Resilience in Flood-Prone Rice Farming: Adaptive Strategies and Risk-Sharing Around Tempe Lake, Indonesia. Sustainability, 17(6), 2456.
    DOI Scopus2
    2025 Rustam, S., Darma, R., Jamil, M. H., Tenriawaru, A. N., Fudjaja, L., Akzar, R., . . . Bakheet Ali, H. N. (2025). Analyzing Marketing Mix Strategies and Personal Factors Influencing BISI Hybrid Maize Seed Purchases: Insights from Agricultural Development in Soppeng District, Indonesia. Sustainability (Switzerland), 17(7), 2800.
    DOI Scopus1
    2025 Darma, R., O’Connor, P., Akzar, R., Tenriawaru, A. N., & Amandaria, R. (2025). Enhancing Sustainability in Rice Farming: Institutional Responses to Floods and Droughts in Pump-Based Irrigation Systems in Wajo District, Indonesia. Sustainability (Switzerland), 17(8), 3501.
    DOI Scopus1
    2025 Darma, R., Rahmadanih, R., Zain, M. M., Amandaria, R., Mario, M., & Akzar, R. (2025). Resilient Rice Farming: Household Strategies for Coping with Recurrent Floods in Tempe Lake, Indonesia. Societies, 15(5), 129.
    DOI
    2024 Akzar, R., Peralta Sanchez, M. A., & Umberger, W. (2024). Understanding dis-adoption of technologies by smallholder dairy farmers in Indonesia. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 27(3), 478-508.
    DOI
    2024 Akbar, A., Darma, R., Irawan, A., Mahyuddin., Feryanto, F., & Akzar, R. (2024). COVID-19 pandemic and food security: Strategic agricultural budget allocation in Indonesia. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 18, 101494-1-101494-12.
    DOI Scopus1
    2023 Azkar, R., Umberger, W., & Peralta, A. (2023). Understanding heterogeneity in technology adoption among Indonesian smallholder dairy farmers. Agribusiness: an international journal, 39(2), 347-370.
    DOI Scopus11 WoS2

  • Book Chapters
    Year Citation
    2024 Taylor, E. B., Lyne, I., & Akzar, R. (2024). Gender and the social impacts of rural mobile finance. In X. Pei, P. Malhotra, & R. Ling (Eds.), Women’s Agency and Mobile Communication Under the Radar (pp. 71-83). Routledge.
    DOI Scopus1

  • Conference Papers
    Year Citation
    2025 Chhay, P., Peralta Sanchez, A., & Akzar, R. (2025). Determinants of Digital Financial Service Adoption Among Rural Cambodian Farmers. In N/A. Brisbane.
    2025 Chhay, P., Peralta Sanchez, A., & Akzar, R. (2025). Determinants of Digital Financial Service Adoption Among Rural Cambodian Farmers. In 69th Annual Conference of The Australasian Agricultural & Resource Economics Society. Brisbane.
    2025 Hanifah, V., Peralta Sanchez, M. A., Akzar, R., & Ampofo, A. (2025). Gender roles and women’s empowerment in dairy farming: A case from Indonesia. In 69th Annual Conference of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
    2024 Akzar, R., Peralta Sanchez, M. A., & Tang, W. (2024). Impacts of digital financial services in agriculture: A systematic literature review. In 68th Annual Conference Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
    2021 Darma, R., Akzar, R., Tenriawaru, A. N., Zain, A. M. M., Degong, M. I. A., & Usman, A. (2021). Potential incomes and sustainable agriculture from the brown sugarcane production. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science Vol. 681 (pp. 012050-1-012050-6). Bristol, United Kingdom: IOP Publishing.
    DOI Scopus1
    2021 Akzar, R., & Amandaria, R. (2021). Climate change effects on agricultural productivity and its implication for food security. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science Vol. 681 (pp. 012059-1-012059-9). Bristol, United Kingdom: IOP Publishing.
    DOI Scopus5
    2020 Darma, R., Tenriawaru, A. N., Rahmadanih., Viantika, N. M., Amiruddin, A., & Akzar, R. (2020). Food and energy development based on local potency, environmental degradation, and global perspectives. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science Vol. 575 (pp. 012013). IOP Publishing.
    DOI
    2020 Akzar, R., Amiruddin, A., Amandaria, R., Rahmadanih., & Darma, R. (2020). Local foods development to achieve food security in Papua Province, Indonesia. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science Vol. 575 (pp. 012014). IOP Publishing.
    DOI Scopus2
    2020 Viantika, N. M., Darma, R., Amrullah, A., & Akzar, R. (2020). Partnership system on rice farm-based pumping irrigation in Wajo District, Indonesia. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science Vol. 575 (pp. 10 pages). Bristol, United Kingdom: IOP Publishing.
    DOI
    2020 Akzar, R., Umberger, W., & Peralta, A. (2020). The synergistic effects of multiple dairy feed technologies on Indonesian smallholder dairy farmers. In Australasian Agricultural and Resources Economics Society 64th Annual Conference. Perth.
    2019 Akzar, R., Umberger, W., & Peralta, A. (2019). Adoption of multiple dairy farming technologies by Indonesian smallholder dairy farmers: A latent class analysis approach. In The 63rd AARES Annual Conference. Melbourne, Australia.
    2014 Piscuoglio, S., Ng, C. K., Martelotto, L. G., Eberle, C., Cowell, C. F., Natrajan, R., . . . Reis-Filho, J. S. (2014). Papillary Carcinomas of the Breast Have Distinctive Transcriptomic Profiles and Are Not Underpinned by a Highly Recurrent Fusion Gene. In LABORATORY INVESTIGATION Vol. 94 (pp. 75A-76A). CA, San Diego: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP.
    2010 O'Toole, S. A., Machalek, D., Shearer, R., Millar, E. K. A., Nair, R., Martelotto, L., . . . Swarbrick, A. (2010). Hedgehog Ligand Overexpression Predicts Poor Outcome in Breast Cancer and Is a Potential Therapeutic Target for Metastatic Disease. In CANCER RESEARCH Vol. 70 (pp. 2 pages). AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH.
    DOI

  • Conference Items
    Year Citation
    2024 Akzar, R., Peralta Sanchez, M. A., & Loch, A. (2024). Assessing Financial Inclusion of Digital Financial Services among Cambodian Farmers. Poster session presented at the meeting of 68th Annual Conference Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
    2018 Akzar, R., Peralta, A., Umberger, W., & Hetherington, J. (2018). Simultaneous Decisions of Indonesian Smallholder Dairy Farmers Adoption of Multiple on Farm-level Innovations. Poster session presented at the meeting of The 62th AARES Annual Conference. Adelaide Australia.
    2018 Yargop, R. L., Akzar, R., & Umberger, W. (2018). A study on Smallholder Inclusive Agrifood Value Chains in South East Asia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australasian Agriculture and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference. Adelaide, Australia.
    2016 Akzar, R., Permani, R., Wahida., & Umberger, W. (2016). Understanding Indonesian Smallholder Dairy Farmers’ Decisions to Adopt Multiple Farm-Level Innovations. Poster session presented at the meeting of The 60th AARES Annual Conference. Canberra , Australia.
    2016 Akzar, R., Permani, R., Wahida., & Umberger, W. (2016). Understanding Indonesian Smallholder Dairy Farmers’ Decisions to Adopt Multiple Farm-Level Innovations. Poster session presented at the meeting of The 15th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association. Bandung, Indonesia.

  • Report for External Bodies
    Year Citation
    2023 Hetherington, J., Umberger, W., & Akzar, R. (2023). Final Report: Improving milk supply, competitiveness and livelihoods of smallholder dairy chains in Indonesia (IndoDairy) (FR2023-005). Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
  • Evaluating service provision approaches and value-chain interventions to support milk cooperatives to grow the smallholder dairy sector of Indonesia (IndoDairy 2) (AGB/2021/124), funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) (Amount: AUD 3.8 million; AUD 762,964 to UoA)
  • Enhancing Agricultural Traceability for Market Sustainability: A Southeast Asian Perspective, funded by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) Australia (Amount: AUD 498K)
  • Transforming Farm Gate to Fork: Empowering Value Chain Actors through Digital Inclusion in South Sulawesi Indonesia, funded the Faculty of ABLE Early Career Research Leadership 2024 (Amount: AUD 5K)
  • A climate-smart agriculture practice in Cambodia: Evidence from smallholder’s uptake of intercropping, funded by the Australian Alumni Grant Scheme (AAGS), Cambodia 2023 (Amount: USD 15,000)

 

 

  • AGRIBUS 7057 - Trends & Issues in the World Food System
  • AGRIBUS 7055 - Global Food and Agricultural Markets
  • ECON 3501 - Development Economics III
  • ECON 7058 - Development Economics PG

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2025 Co-Supervisor The Impact of an Ageing Population on Productivity in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Renuka Mittal
    2024 Co-Supervisor From Grain to Plate: A Multifaceted Analysis of Consumer Preferences for Rice in Bangladesh Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Limon Deb
    2023 Co-Supervisor Evaluating Extension Approaches for Smallhoder Dairy Value Chains in West Java, Indonesia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Vyta Hanifah
  • Position: Full time
  • Phone: 83133702
  • Email: rida.akzar@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Nexus 10, floor 6
  • Org Unit: Centre for Global Food and Resources
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