REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BOGOR -- Indonesia must have an agricultural development model that responds to global economic changes and developments, so that agriculture can contribute in overcoming various global problems, stated President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

"This problem must be put in the current context where Indonesia is adopting a decentralization system with its high economic growth. An agricultural development model will decide the direction and history of the nation in the future," the President announced at the anniversary of the Bogor-based Institute of Agriculture (IPB), here on Friday evening.

Yudhoyono pointed out the need for at least three agricultural development models.

The first model is an economic development strategy, which offers ample opportunities for the market economy to decide the direction of development.