Working the land: A farmer pulling out grass that grows alongside cabbage and other crops planted on the slope of Mount Papandayan in Garut, West Java province. — The Straits Times/ANN
A decades- old social forestry scheme where local communities tend to state land mostly for the purpose of conservation has become a key part of the government’s free meal programme for millions of people.
President Prabowo Subianto and his administration plan to feed some 80 million people within the first two years of launching the ambitious programme, set to officially begin in January.
