Data Check: Mahfud Says Agricultural Land is Decreasing, Is It True?

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Viva Budy Kusnandar 22/01/2024 11:59 WIB

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According to Auriga data, the area of rice fields in Indonesia has been decreasing, reaching only 9.88 million hectares in 2022.

Rice Field Area in Indonesia according to Auriga (2014-2022)

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Rice Field Area in Indonesia according to Auriga (2014-2022)

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Vice Presidential Candidate number three, Mahfud MD, stated that Indonesia's agricultural land is decreasing.

He made this statement during the fourth Presidential and Vice Presidential Debate of 2024, themed "Sustainable Development, Natural Resources, Environment, Energy, Food, Agrarian, Indigenous Communities, and Villages," held at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Jakarta, on Sunday (21/1/2024).

In the opening session of the debate, Mahfud stated, "Our natural resources are very abundant, but our food sovereignty is lacking. The number of farmers is decreasing, agricultural land is decreasing, but fertilizer subsidies are increasing. Something must be wrong," he said.

This aligns with data from Auriga, a non-governmental organization in the field of natural resource conservation.

According to Auriga's data, recorded in the 2023 Annual Report of the Agrarian Reform Consortium (KPA), the area of Indonesian rice paddies continuously shrank during the 2015-2017 period.

The area then slightly increased in 2018-2019, but consistently decreased again since 2020.

By 2022, the area of Indonesian rice paddies remaining was 9.88 million hectares, the lowest record since 2014.

Editor : Adi Ahdiat

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