Farmers' welfare should be the foundation for agricultural sustainability in supporting the national food production.

Land search and expansion programs are needed because food and energy problems are increasing. Most have been done without research or diligence.

The powerlessness of local people to meet their nutritional intake is worsened by the flooding of instant food that has increased their suffering.

The development of a food estate in Merauke by marginalizing the Marind-Anim food system has led to food and health vulnerabilities for indigenous Papuans.

Thirty thousand hectares of the formerly 1 million-hectare peat forest development project have been cleared this year for the government’s “food estate” program. Some have deemed this action as a risk.