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        "id": 1751970,
        "msgid": "wanam-food-estate-deemed-a-long-term-strategic-project-for-food-security-1779545714",
        "date": "2026-05-20 14:48:46",
        "title": "Wanam Food Estate Deemed a Long-Term Strategic Project for Food Security",
        "author": "",
        "source": "VIVA",
        "tags": "berita",
        "topic": "Agriculture",
        "summary": "Researchers say Wanam Food Estate is a long-term strategic programme aligned with President Prabowo Subianto's priorities. Despite opposition, advocates argue the project is foundational to Indonesia's national food security, with promising progress and the potential to catalyse a new ecosystem of irrigation, biodiesel, and connectivity.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta, VIVA \u2013 The construction of the food estate in Wanam,\nMerauke, South Papua, is considered highly important for realising\nnational food security. Indonesian Politics Indicator Institute\nresearcher Bawono Kumoro states that the Wanam food security project is\na long-term strategic program in line with President Prabowo Subianto\u2019s\npriority program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course it must continue. Do not let it stop when there are\nefforts from certain quarters trying to derail this program,\u201d Bawono\nsaid on Wednesday, 20 May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bawono, the one-million-hectare paddy field project in\nSouth Papua holds significant value for the future of national food\nsecurity. Therefore, he believes that various efforts deemed to hamper\ndevelopment should not affect the project\u2019s continuity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncluding the making of the film Pesta Babi,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledges the benefits of the food estate project may not be\nfelt in the near term. However, in the long term, the project is\nbelieved to become a strategic foundation for Indonesia\u2019s food\nsecurity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMight in the short or medium term the fruits of this food security\nprogram are not yet clearly visible, but in the long term, in the future\nit will certainly have strategic value of the program. Therefore, it\nmust be continued by the government,\u201d said Bawono.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the Wanam PSN project is said to have shown\nsignificant progress. A number of main supporting facilities for the\nnational food basket area are claimed to be almost completely\nfinished.<\/p>\n<p>The Wanam PSN itself is projected to become the national food reserve\ncentre through the program to create one million hectares of new paddy\nfields. The area is also designed to become a new ecosystem that\nincludes irrigation, a biodiesel industry, and the strengthening of\nconnectivity and national defence.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/wanam-food-estate-deemed-a-long-term-strategic-project-for-food-security-1779545714",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
    "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
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