Data Check: Muhaimin Says Many Agrarian Conflicts Occur, Here's the Data

Vice Presidential Candidate (cawapres) number one, Muhaimin Iskandar, stated that numerous agrarian conflicts have occurred in Indonesia and remain unresolved.

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

According to data from the Agrarian Reform Consortium (KPA), cited from the 2023 Annual Agrarian Report, the highest number of agrarian conflicts occurred in 2017, reaching 659 cases. Since then, the number has generally decreased until 2023.

However, the number of conflict outbreaks in 2023, recorded at 241, increased compared to 2022, which recorded 212 outbreaks.

The KPA notes that agrarian conflicts in 2023 were largely related to the plantation sector (108 cases), property business (44 cases), mining (32 cases), and infrastructure projects (30 cases).

There were also conflict outbreaks related to the forestry sector (17 cases), coastal and small island areas (5 cases), and military facilities (5 cases).

The KPA obtained this data from several sources, namely:

* Victims reporting agrarian conflicts to the KPA, either directly or through intermediaries;
* Reports from KPA members and networks;
* Field monitoring;
* Monitoring of mass media coverage;
* A conflict database in the agrarian emergency rapid response system; and
* Results of field investigations.

With limited organizational resources, the data compiled by the KPA may not represent all agrarian conflicts in Indonesia.