Economy

As the afternoon sun began to soften over the courtyard of the Papua Provincial Legislative Council (DPR Papua) building in Jayapura, the rows of exhibition tents were filled with the …

As visitors moved from booth to booth to view handmade noken bags, local fashion products, processed food items and creative works by small entrepreneurs from all over Papua, the aroma …

Chritoforus A. Mahuse could hardly contain his excitement when the first rice harvest came to the long idle land. The Indigenous Papuan customary landowner stood in the newly harvested fields …

Yasinta Moiwend, better known in Merauke as Mama Sinta, knew her stance on the government’s food estate project would attract attention when she made it public earlier this year. The …

Before rice became the staple food of Indonesia, communities throughout Papua relied on another crop to support their daily lives. In the heart of the wetlands and river basins grew …

Farmers across much of Papua are already at work before dawn. Rice fields in newly opened agricultural areas in the lowland of South Papua. In the fertile valleys of the …

Long before the debate reached social media and documentary films, farmers in parts of Papua were already talking about something more immediate: would they finally have enough land, irrigation, machinery, …

From the south of Papua, where there are vast stretches of flat land and rivers that flow into the Arafura Sea, Indonesia’s ambitious food estate project is slowly taking form. …

For years, the aging Sarinah Building has been a familiar sight to Jayapura residents who pass through the city center. Nearby, Ampera Field is still one of the few open …

For many people, taxation becomes visible only when something stops working. A road project slows. Public services face delays. Or, in this case, bank accounts suddenly cannot be accessed. That …