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The Risk of Failing of the Food Estate

Monday, September 23, 2024

The food estate project in Merauke has the potential to repeat the failures of MIFEE in the past. Developing large-scale agriculture is challenging.

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Land clearing for sugarcane plantation in Tanah Miring district, South Papua, September 4, 2024. TEMPO/George William Piri. tempo : 176914366313.

ELEVEN years of returning to peaceful foraging, the residents of Domande village in Malind District, Merauke Regency, South Papua, were suddenly disturbed. This happened when a soldier serving as a village non-commissioned officer (babinsa) conveyed the government’s plan to establish a sugarcane plantation behind the settlement, located about 70.2 kilometers from the city of Merauke.

“He said a new business would come in, and the com

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Avit Hidayat, Daniel A. Fajri, and Adil Al Hasan contributed to this article.
 
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