The AIP Directory
Shrimp Improvement Program (SIP) – East Java, Indonesia
Yayasan SustainAqua Indonesia, Conservation International, and ThinkAqua,
East Java, Indonesia
Estimated pond area – 12.5 km2
This leading jurisdictional-level AIP will deliver on a roadmap developed by industry, government, and civil society partners. It will focus on increased data and provide evidence to support industry professionalization and market confidence in performance.
Practical training will be given to farmers, other businesses, and regulators on how to use innovative tools to improve water quality and reduce disease risks at the farm and production area levels.
The AIP will initially focus on shrimp production in Banyuwangi, East Java, but will promote lessons learned in other areas. The AIP aims to:
- Improve governance and farm management to reduce risk, improve productivity, and protect natural resources;
- Increase compliance with domestic and international standards and regulations to increase market confidence and opportunities; and,
- Engage tech companies to create tools and processes that deliver better productivity for farmers and a greater understanding of environmental carrying capacity and disease risks for farmers and regulators.
SIP is currently supported by the Walmart Foundation to enable landscape-level change by the multiple actors within the industry, in collaboration with the local government and communities connected with the industry.
It is estimated that the AIP contains seven certified farms accounting for around 3,000 tonnes of product.
January 2019
170 farmers
- Conservation International
- Yayasan Konservasi Indonesia
- ThinkAqua
- Yayasan Sinergi Akuakultur Indonesia
- Banyuwangi Regency
- Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Indonesia
- Shrimp Club of Indonesia, Banyuwangi branch
7 certified farms representing 3,000 tonnes
August 2026
- The Task Force members have continued to deliver on the road map. Water quality assessments are completed, farm registration processes are finalised, and shrimp promotion events have taken place. A business case for improvement is being developed, including carbon reduction strategies.
- The MIBAMA cooperative continues to strengthen input supplies and market access for smaller-scale farmers.
- A proposal for short-term funding has been submitted whilst the Task Force finalises a future funding strategy for an updated workplan.
- Lesson sharing between Banyuwangi and Situbondo has been initiated to support rapid delivery of the jurisdictional process in Situbondo.
January 2026
- Local government and industry stakeholders have formally established a Task Force to provide the local institutional framework for managing the SIP in perpetuity.
- Priority work areas map to the SIP workplan, with activities focused on achieving improved licensing, water quality management, market promotion, and access to inputs and the creation of smallholder cooperatives, coordinated disease management, and mangrove conservation.
Achievements
- Through the recent formation and subsequent strengthening of the MIBAMA cooperative, smallholder producers are achieving better prices for inputs and promoting quality shrimp in the local market.