Dr. Hermanto Siregar
Vice Rector, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB)
Member, Executive Council of the Indonesian Association of Agricultural Economics
hermansiregar@yahoo.com
Hermanto Siregar obtained his bachelor degree in Agribusiness from Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia in 1986, Diploma in Agricultural Economics as well as Master of Economics from the University of New England, Australia in 1990 and 1991, and completed his PhD in macro-econometrics from Lincoln University, New Zealand in 2001. Since 2007 he has been full professor in the Faculty of Economics and Management, Bogor Agricultural University, whereby he was also appointed as Vice Rector of the university since 2008. He has also been appointed by the President of the Republic Indonesia as an adviser, working in the Council of Economic Advisers since 2011. Currently he also functions as board member at Bank Rakyat Indonesia, the biggest Indonesian bank focusing on financing small and medium enterprises.
Plenary 1: Achieving Inclusiveness and Equity in the Farm Economy