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Indonesia faces serious problems in agricultural development and its relation to foodsecurity, employment, and sustainability. Today, Indonesia is importer country of riceand other commodities that can actually flourish in Indonesia. Meanwhile, currentlyIndonesia is becoming the world’s biggest producer and exporter of palm—oil. Ironically,Indonesia has converted the most fertile agricultural land to other uses, and cut downits timber for the sake of planting oil palm. Indonesia also faces unemploymentproblem. Agricultural sector is unattractive to young people. Agricultural sector shouldkeep growing to be able to assure food security and absorb labor force. However, thereis no guarantee that modern, eflicient, and innovative agriculture requires large scalefarming (corporate farming). |
