2014/01/02 by Takeshi Ito, Noer Fauzi Rachman, Laksmi A. Savitri +1 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development #Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management #Energy and Environment Impacts
paper · doi:10.1080/03066150.2013.873029
openalex publication_date 2014/01/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
The Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) in Papua, Indonesia, is a state-led mega-project to transform local agriculture through large-scale corporate investment in food crops and biofuels for foreign markets. The project has led to extensive land dispossession, accompanied by devastating social and ecological impacts. This contribution analyzes how discourse regarding food and energy crises has been employed to release land from customary tenure to a coalition of state, corporate and local elite actors. The interests of these actors have converged on the state-led mega-project to transform local agriculture through large-scale corporate investment in food crops and biofuels in the name of national food security.