The Omnibus Law on Job Creation and its potential implications for rural youth and future farming in Indonesia

Author:

Sanders Anna12,Khatarina Josi34,Assegaf Rifqi56,Toumbourou Tessa27ORCID,Kurniasih Heni8,Suwarso Reni9

Affiliation:

1. Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions The Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory 2600 Australia

2. School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria 3010 Australia

3. Faculty of Law The University of Indonesia Depok West Java 16424 Indonesia

4. Indonesian Centre for Environmental Law Jakarta 12120 Indonesia

5. Partnership for Governance Reform South Jakarta 12550 Indonesia

6. Sekolah Tinggi Hukum Indonesia Jentera South Jakarta 12980 Indonesia

7. School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria 3010 Australia

8. The SMERU Research Institute Jakarta 10330 Indonesia

9. Department of Political Science The University of Indonesia Depok West Java 16424 Indonesia

Abstract

Indonesian rural youth face challenges accessing farmland and sustaining an agricultural livelihood while their labour is not necessarily absorbed by other sectors. In that context, the Omnibus Law on Job Creation (Law 11/2020) promises to liberalise trade and investment across multiple sectors, including agriculture and food security. Combining legal research and political economy approaches to youth and agrarian challenges, we identify amendments to legislation that reduce safeguards for the environment, workers' and farmers' rights and their livelihoods. If fully implemented, the legislative amendments could further narrow youth's options both for secure formal work and futures in farming by accelerating the expansion of infrastructure, industrial plantations and extractive industries that utilise low‐wage labour and huge areas of land. This exposes inconsistencies in the government's approach to increase future food security by promoting intensification of agriculture and attracting youth to farming, while enabling agro‐ and resource extraction that absorbs land yet offers limited and precarious employment prospects.

Publisher

Wiley

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