Bi-Weekly Discussion “Nexus of Three Planetary Crises” by Lapor Iklim and CELIOS: “Land for the People, Not Food Estates — Realizing Food Sovereignty in the Climate Crisis Era”
On 30 September 2025, the Bi-Weekly Nexus of Three Planetary Crises Discussion, organized by Lapor Iklim, CELIOS, and the Justice Coalition for Our Planet (JustCOP), highlighted that Indonesia’s Food Estate and Free Nutritious Food (MBG) programs fail to address the root causes of the food crisis. Experts argued that these state-led projects deepen structural injustice, harm small farmers, and threaten the rights of vulnerable groups, including women, children, Indigenous peoples, and marginalized communities. Prof. Dwi Andreas Santosa of IPB University stressed that food sovereignty—not just food security—requires farmers’ control over land, seeds, and policies. FIAN Indonesia’s Marthin Hadiwinata emphasized that food estate projects violate the human right to food, as 17.7 million Indonesians still face hunger and 123 million lack access to nutritious food. Meanwhile, Komnas HAM Chair Anis Hidayah reminded that the state must respect, protect, and fulfill everyone’s right to food without causing displacement or criminalization. The discussion concluded that only genuine agrarian reform and inclusive food governance can resolve Indonesia’s food crisis—affirming the call for “land for the people, not food estate.” The event forms part of a regular dialogue series leading up to COP30, aiming to connect the dots between the climate, agrarian, and human rights crises.
