Jakarta (ANTARA) - Azis Subekti, a member of the Indonesian House of\nRepresentatives (DPR) Legislative Body, believes that agrarian reform\nmust not stop at the redistribution of land and the provision of land\nrights certainty.<\/p>\n
However, he stated that it needs to be developed by linking agrarian\nreform areas with the Merah Putih Village\/Sub-district Cooperatives\n(KDKMP) and the supply chain of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG)\nprogramme.<\/p>\n
Speaking in Jakarta on Thursday, Azis noted that the Bill on Agrarian\nReform Regulation needs to pay significant attention to community\nempowerment after the land arrangement and redistribution processes are\ncompleted.<\/p>\n
\u201cAgrarian reform must be a pathway so that the people do not only\npossess land, but also possess production capabilities, economic\norganisations, markets, and a future for that land,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to him, agrarian reform also needs to be integrated with\naccess to capital, cooperative institutions, market certainty, and the\ndownstreaming of production results.<\/p>\n
This integration, he argued, is necessary so that the beneficiaries\nof agrarian reform do not merely become landowners, but are able to\nincrease their income and strengthen their position within the economic\nstructure.<\/p>\n
\u201cLand alone is not enough. The poor who obtain land without capital,\ntechnology, organisation, and markets may become asset owners who remain\npoor,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n
He noted that the MBG programme creates a large and sustainable\ndemand for food, ranging from rice, eggs, vegetables, fish, fruit, and\nmilk to meat.<\/p>\n
If a portion of these needs is supplied by local farmers, livestock\nbreeders, fishermen, cooperatives, and MSMEs, the programme\u2019s\nexpenditure can simultaneously create a market for local producers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe MBG programme can serve as a market anchor for the local\neconomy. Children receive nutritious food, while surrounding farmers,\nbreeders, and fishermen gain certainty in demand,\u201d said Azis.<\/p>\n
He added that the KDKMP can play a role in aggregating community\nproduction, providing production facilities, warehousing, and logistics,\nas well as connecting small producers with larger-scale markets.<\/p>\n
The next stage, he said, is to ensure that downstreaming also\nbenefits producers. He emphasised that downstreaming should not merely\ninvolve moving factories closer to farmers while farmers remain raw\nmaterial suppliers with low bargaining power.<\/p>\n
Therefore, he proposed that priority areas for agrarian reform should\nnot only have land distribution maps but also regional economic plans\nencompassing flagship commodities, financing, cooperative institutions,\nbuyers, warehousing, and processing industries.<\/p>\n
In his view, this approach aligns with the government\u2019s efforts to\nbuild the economy from the villages and strengthen national food\nsecurity.<\/p>\n
\u201cProducers must obtain a share of the added value,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/mp-member-agrarian-reform-must-be-linked-to-free-nutritious-meal-programme-and-kdkmp-1789049443", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }