Between Land Grabbing and Farmers’ Benefits: Land Transfers in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Semedi, Pujo and Bakker, Laurens (2014) Between Land Grabbing and Farmers’ Benefits: Land Transfers in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropolog, 15 (4). pp. 376-390. ISSN 1444-2213

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Abstract

Rapid growth of oil palm cultivation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia has increased both the pace and size of land transfers from farmers to big companies and city-based
investors. This process has been widely conceptualised as ‘top-down land grabbing’ but this perspective largely neglects the agency of the farmers. This paper seeks to shed light on the agency of farmers with respect to how they respond to land transfer schemes. Through a study of land transfers under nucleus estate schemes (NES), schemes that
were introduced by the Indonesian government in which smallholding farms are integrated parts of a modern, large size plantation company, we will show that agrarian
dynamics are shaped by notions of what is ‘fair’ and ‘just’

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Land Grabbing; Palm Oil; Social Justice; West Kalimantan; Indonesia
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
Divisions: Faculty of Cultural Sciences > Anthropology Department
Depositing User: Mardi Pramono
Date Deposited: 02 Sep 2025 08:47
Last Modified: 02 Sep 2025 08:47
URI: https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/20187

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