The land redistribution program began with the issuance of the 1960 Basic Agrarian Act. The act’s initial goal was to overhaul the colonial agrarian structure. Plantations and forests became the era’s focus for land reform. During the New Order era, the agenda disappeared for decades before resurfacing under Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s presidency. Today, President Joko Widodo is marshalling a similar program in a bid to reduce economic inequ