JAKARTA When the Indonesian government announced its food estate program in 2020, it envisioned the establishment of large-scale agricultural plantations across the country. These plantations of crops like rice, cassava and potato were supposed to be the answer to what the government says is an impending global food crisis, and would help feed the […]
The Indonesian government has stripped back rules protecting the environment to expedite a plan to ramp up food production through a “food estate” programme.
A firm run by allies of the Minister of Defence has positioned itself to profit from the programme and is seeking $2 billion in investment.
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