Papua food estate

In Papua, the success of the Papua rice field program increasingly hinges on a question that transcends hectares: will the new farmland genuinely enhance the lives of the local residents …

The idea that Papua can become more than a remote frontier is at the heart of a new book that places food security, Indigenous knowledge, and regional cooperation at the …

“Rumors that have circulated online saying the government is buying community in Papua Selatan land at only Rp100,000 per hectare under the Merauke’s Food Estate program are not true,” Indonesia’s …

As food security is becoming a more important strategic issue across the globe, Merauke in Papua Selatan (South Papua) Province is slowly carving its name as one of Indonesia’s brightest …

Indonesia’s long-term strategy to strengthen food security in Papua is starting to show tangible results; government rice reserves in the region are about 17,000 tonnes, while the state logistics agency …

Papua is set to play a bigger role in Indonesia’s long-term food security strategy after the government’s plan to develop and optimise around 137,000 hectares of agricultural land across the …

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 …

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, …