For more than three decades, the governments have returned to the same place with the same promise: Merauke will become the nation’s breadbasket. From the New Order’s agricultural expansion, to the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to the food estate program under President Joko Widodo, and now President Prabowo Subianto’s PM-AAS initiative championed by Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman, the narrative has remained remarkably consistent. Only the branding has changed. To subscribe please click here
