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The 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
Food production and forest conservation are not inherently at odds with each other, and the government must approach this critical juncture amid the global shift on climate change with innovative, alternative and sustainable agricultural solutions to fulfill the President's food security agenda.
