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Interviews & Viewpoints | Arif Rachmat, CEO, Triputra Agro Persada: Interview from The Report: Indonesia 2017
Articles & Analysis | Palm oil and rubber products remain Indonesia's key agriculture products from The Report: Indonesia 2017
In spite of a raft of strategic development plans laying out a path towards a more diversified, modern economy with greater contributions from high-value-added industries, agriculture remains a fundamental sector for the country in both financial and social terms. Indonesia’s expansive territory and favourable soil and climate have given rise...
Articles & Analysis | Indonesia's rubber producers seek to counter dwindling global demand from The Report: Indonesia 2017
The rubber segment in Indonesia dates to the British colonial days of the 19th century, and the industry has remained a steady contributor to the economy and one of the largest employers in agriculture. In some ways rubber continues to be rooted in its history, and remains dominated by small, often family run, smallholder farms that make up...
Chapter | Agriculture from The Report: Indonesia 2017
In spite of a raft of strategic development plans laying out a path towards a more diversified, modern economy with greater contributions from high-value-added industries, agriculture remains a fundamental sector for the country in both financial and social terms. Indonesia’s expansive territory and favourable soil and climate have given rise to a host of homegrown agro-industrial giants as...
The Indonesian government is in the midst of pursuing an ambitious new growth strategy, emphasizing investment over domestic consumption as a primary growth driver in the wake of depressed commodity prices, lagging household consumption and lower-than-anticipated government revenues.