Indonesia faces serious problems in agricultural development and its relation to food
security, employment, and sustainability. Today, Indonesia is importer country of rice
and other commodities that can actually flourish in Indonesia. Meanwhile, currently
Indonesia 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 down
its timber for the sake of planting oil palm. Indonesia also faces unemployment
problem. Agricultural sector is unattractive to young people. Agricultural sector should
keep growing to be able to assure food security and absorb labor force. However, there
is no guarantee that modern, eflicient, and innovative agriculture requires large scale
farming (corporate farming).
