The Prospects for Merauke's Rice Estates
Tempo
March 3, 2010

Didik J. Rachbini
THE system of rice production in Indonesia is very unique, if not peculiar. Its basis is millions of small farmers with very small plots of land. Such a production system is called Lilliputian agriculture, particularly found in the rural areas of Java island and outside Java. The main actors in this rice production system are small farmers and farm workers, who are ge