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View all search resultsAs President Prabowo Subianto declares Indonesia “self-sufficient” after just one year in office, farmer groups warn that shrinking farmland may soon undercut that achievement, urging the government to prioritize land protection and structural reform over costly expansion programs.
Supartha said the inspection was carried out by the special task force on Wednesday in response to the deadly flash floods that struck Bali last week, claiming at least 18 lives and leaving four people missing.
Hanif explained that along the watersheds of Bali’s three major rivers, Tukad Badung, Tukad Mati and Tukad Singapadu, only 3 percent of the 49,500 hectares of designated buffer zones are covered by trees.
The plan comes as the country is estimated to lose over 100,000 hectares (ha) of rice fields each year due to land conversion. Meanwhile, the country has projected it could only create 60,000 ha of new rice fields annually.
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