Power to make land dispossession acceptable: a policy discourse analysis of the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE), Papua, Indonesia
2014; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 41; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/03066150.2013.873029
ISSN1743-9361
AutoresTakeshi Ito, Noer Fauzi Rachman, Laksmi Adriani Savitri,
Tópico(s)Energy and Environment Impacts
ResumoAbstractThe Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) in Papua, Indonesia, is a state-led mega-project to transform local agriculture through large-scale corporate investment in food crops and biofuels for foreign markets. The project has led to extensive land dispossession, accompanied by devastating social and ecological impacts. This contribution analyzes how discourse regarding food and energy crises has been employed to release land from customary tenure to a coalition of state, corporate and local elite actors. The interests of these actors have converged on the state-led mega-project to transform local agriculture through large-scale corporate investment in food crops and biofuels in the name of national food security.Keywords: statecapitalagrarian environmentsland grabdiscourse analysisfood and energy estateIndonesia Additional informationNotes on contributorsTakeshi Ito is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and the Graduate School of Global Studies at Sophia University in Tokyo. His research interests include political economy of development, global food economy, agrarian societies and theories of hegemony and resistance. 7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan.Notes on contributorsNoer Fauzi Rachman, PhD, is Executive Director of Sajogyo Institute for Indonesian Agrarian Studies and Documentation, Bogor, Indonesia. His research interests include land reform, politics of natural resources and social movements. Email: noer_fauzi@yahoo.comNotes on contributorsLaksmi A. Savitri holds a PhD in Rural Sociology from Kassel University, and is lecturer at the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia. Her research interests include agrarian studies, gender and political economy. Email: savitri_la@yahoo.com
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