Indonesia develops roadmap to encourage farmer regeneration

Indonesia's Deputy Coordinating Minister for Food, Hanif Faisol Nurofiq, has announced a roadmap to encourage farmer regeneration by leveraging the country's demographic bonus. This initiative aims to address the declining number of farmers, which dropped from 31.71 million in 2013 to 29.34 million in 2023.

Currently, young people make up only 21.93 percent of the farming population, totaling approximately 6.34 million individuals. The proposed strategy focuses on education as a foundation for regeneration, introducing agriculture to students from primary through secondary school to ensure future food security and bridge the demographic gap in the sector.