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Indonesia’s land reform agency seeks closer coordination on poverty data
BRAN chief Dedi Prasetyo met Minister Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar in Jakarta to discuss Indonesia’s agrarian reform.
BRAN says reform should do more than redistribute land or issue certificates.
The agency wants land access to connect with support that helps people grow businesses, raise incomes and strengthen household finances.
It proposed using poverty data to identify priority areas before land is redistributed.
This is intended to make reform better targeted and help address poverty.
Iskandar welcomed BRAN’s approach and stressed that community empowerment should be part of poverty reduction.
The two agencies called for continued communication to align their work.
Indonesia’s land reform agency urged closer coordination with the ministry responsible for community empowerment on poverty data.
BRAN head General Dedi Prasetyo asked the ministry to use poverty data to help identify priority areas before land redistribution.
BRAN said land reform should link access to land with empowerment and economic support.
The agency said land should help people raise incomes, develop businesses and escape poverty.
Minister Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar welcomed BRAN’s proposal and called for continued communication between the institutions.
- Who
- BRAN head General Dedi Prasetyo and Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar.
- What
- BRAN called for poverty data to be integrated with agrarian data and maps to guide land reform.
- When
- October 15, 2026.
- Where
- Jakarta.
- Why
- To better target land reform and support poverty reduction.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Dedi Prasetyo met Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar in Jakarta and sought support for using poverty data to identify priority areas before land redistribution.
Muhaimin welcomed BRAN’s proposal and encouraged continued communication between the two institutions.
- Agency
- BRAN, Indonesia’s land reform agency
- BRAN head
- General Dedi Prasetyo
- Minister
- Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar
- Meeting place
- Jakarta
- Priority data
- Poverty data integrated with agrarian data and maps
What people are saying
Agrarian reform needs to be carried out as one ecosystem that connects access to land with empowerment and economic strengthening.
Empowerment is important as part of efforts to alleviate poverty.