How Papua Farmers Reach Local Markets: Roads, Storage and New Sellers
Paved farm roads, collection centers and cold storage let Papuan farmers move vegetables, fruit and tubers to market faster, cutting…
Agriculture
Farming in Papua: food security, sago and local crops, sustainable and smart farming, and young farmers modernizing agriculture with new tools.
Bridging Papua’s Development Gap Through Integrated Agriculture
The article rejects the label of backwardness and argues that Papua’s development gap stems from isolation and limited access to…
The Papua Movement: Strengthening Agricultural Development Through Institutional Collaboration
The article describes farm development in Papua as a relay between agencies: the Public Works Ministry builds roads, bridges and…
Papua Agriculture and the Army: Who Builds Merauke’s New Rice Fields?
Indonesia is opening tens of thousands of hectares of new rice fields in Papua, and the army is doing much…
Papua Sago Supply: Why the World’s Largest Sago Forests Reach So Few Markets
Papua has more sago than anywhere else on earth, but very little of it reaches Indonesia’s national food market. According…
Papua Food Security: Why the Highlands Rank Lowest in Indonesia
By the government’s own measure, Papua is the least food-secure part of Indonesia. In the National Food Agency’s 2026 Food…
Merauke Food Estate: The 135-km Road Being Built Through the Swamps
In the swamps of southern Merauke, a 135-kilometre road is being cut to serve one of Indonesia’s largest food projects….
The Papua Movement: Connecting Local Agriculture to Urban Markets
Papua is home to diverse agricultural commodities, including sago, sweet potatoes, cassava, and other indigenous crops that have supported local…
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