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View all search resultsThe country’s long-running food estate ambition is entering a new and larger phase with the conversion of vast forest areas in South Papua into non-forest zones, or areas for other uses (APL). Initially framed as a strategy to achieve rice self-sufficiency, the program has now expanded under President Prabowo Subianto to also pursue energy security, with palm oil positioned as a key commodity to serve both goals.
Without a massive increase in investment, our economy will diverge further from the National Medium-Term Development Plan road map, which envisions a gradual increase in gross domestic product growth from 5.3 percent in 2025 to 8 percent in 2029.
The government’s ongoing food estate project has drawn criticism for environmental damage that could undermine Indonesia’s climate commitments, as the initiative requires large-scale land and forest clearance despite past failures in achieving food self-sufficiency
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