Indonesia’s food estate program eyes new plantations in forest frontiers

Mongabay
Oct 6, 2020, 4:17 am143 pts
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government is doubling down on a plan to establish large-scale agricultural plantations across the country, in a move that threatens widespread deforestation and the disenfranchisement of smallholder farmers. President Joko Widodo announced the expansion of the “food estate…

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