Investor Presentaiton
Landak, the poorest district in West Kalimantan in 2007
(24.95% poverty) had 87.4% involvement in agriculture.
Its population of more than 350,000 is within reasonable
distance of the capital, Pontianak. Landak was one of the
earliest districts to plant oil palm, much of which is now
old and unproductive, with some newly replanted. It has
W.Kal's second largest smallholder rubber area.
This district was hard hit by the slump in commodity
prices. Prices as low as Rp300-350/kg were being
offered some farmers for young oil palm fruit in
November 2008, from a high point of Rp1,200 just a few
months earlier.
Cuts in the labour force of both oil palm and rubber
holdings were taking place.
Landak, highly dependent on export commodities, would
appear an example of market-induced "new" poverty,
superimposed on an already rather stressed land base.View entire presentation