Talk is cheap. One minister initially said the government will develop one million hectares of food estate in Merauke, South Papua province. The other minister later said ‘there will be three million hectares, consisting two million for rice fields and one million for sugarcane.’ “I actually asked his team, is it just a project or a serious program…The previous food estate programs failed because people involved there only see them as ‘projects’, don’t care about the outcome,” said one businessman.To subscribe please click here