Food Estate Program in Central Kalimantan Province as An Integrated and Sustainable Solution for Food Security in Indonesia

Abstract

The pandemic of COVID-19 has a significant potential impact on the world, especially related to the food shortages. President of Indonesia, Mr. JokoWidodo instruct his boards to create a program in order to face potential food crisis due to Covid-19 pandemic. The goal of this project is to build an integrated food agriculture area as we called Food Estate. The province of Central Kalimantan could be one option to become the national of food barn because it has a potential area to be developed in alluvial area on ex-Peatland Development (PLG) land. This program is collaboration between severalinstitutions In Indonesia included private sector in order to create Integrated Food Estate Program. There are several studies conducted by some institution related to the land use analysis and suitability of Ex-PLG area. Previous study from Master Plan of Ex-PLG area in 2008, Quick Strategic Study by the Ministry of Environmental and Forestry, and delineation data from the Ministry of Public Work and Housing result an area covering around 165,000 ha that suitable for agriculture development. Regardless of its promising program, potential threats and challenges must be considered. This paper will focus on explaining the effectiveness of the program in order to achieve food security In Indonesia.