Catur Sugiyanto is a lecturer at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business UGM. His research interest are mainly in local economic development, rural development and those related to agricultural development. The latest researches on local economic development includes: developing local economy based on natural dye in mangrove and peat-based villages (2020-2022) received funding from Kedaireka, Urban Farming in the City of Yogyakarta 2020 received funding from The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), University of York UK, and Accelerating Cooperation inter-villages government for Sustainable Development in the Menoreh Area, Yogyakarta 2019-2023 funded by the LPDP and BRIN. Catur graduated from the Faculty of Economics
(the faculty name at that time) in 1987, then continued his postgraduate studies obtaining an MA degree from the University of Alberta Canada in 1992 and a Ph.D in Agricultural Economics in 2002 from the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign USA. His Professorship was awarded in 2010. Apart from teaching, Catur is also active in writing on agricultural policy issues in the newspapers Kompas and Kedaulatan Rakyat. Author correspondence can be via email: catur@ugm.ac.id