Syafrial is a senior Professor specializing in agribusiness and agricultural economics. He earned his Doctorate from IPB University and currently serves as the Coordinator of Agribusiness Interests in the Agricultural Science Doctoral Program at Brawijaya University. His work has been published in numerous prestigious national and international journals, including Sustainability, Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, International Journal of Sustainable Development & Planning, AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics, Decision Science Letters, Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Agricultural Socio-Economics Journal.