Today agriculture is expected to help countries such as Indonesia to achieve multiple development goals. These goals include not only food security but also higher employment, environmental sustainability, and reduced poverty and malnutrition. Drawing on the literature on agricultural development in Asia, this article proposes four agricultural strategies that could help Indonesia to achieve these goals. First, to efficiently ensure food security, Indonesia should use labour-saving mechanisation and increase the average size of rice farms, in order to reduce wage-related production costs. Second, to ensure environmental sustainability, Indonesia should intensify oil palm production that helps the country meet global demand but also minimise forest loss. Third, to improve health and nutrition, Indonesian agriculture should produce more high-value products such as livestock products and fresh fruit and vegetables. Fourth, to generate more employment opportunities and to reduce poverty, Indonesia should promote rural industrialisation. In proposing these strategies, this article focuses on the agro-industrialisation of the private sector, on public-sector extension for smallholders, and on land rights security for stimulating the production of oil palm. The article finds that major policy change will be needed to achieve efficient, equitable and sustainable growth of agriculture in Indonesia.

今天，农业有望帮助印度尼西亚等国家实现多项发展目标。这些目标不仅包括粮食安全，还包括提高就业、环境可持续性以及减少贫困和营养不良。本文借鉴有关亚洲农业发展的文献，提出了四项可以帮助印度尼西亚实现这些目标的农业战略。首先，为有效保障粮食安全，印尼应采用省力的机械化方式，增加稻田平均规模，以降低与工资相关的生产成本。其次，为确保环境可持续性，印度尼西亚应加强油棕生产，以帮助该国满足全球需求，同时最大限度地减少森林损失。第三，改善健康和营养，印尼农业应生产更多畜产品、新鲜水果和蔬菜等高价值产品。第四，为了创造更多的就业机会和减少贫困​​，印度尼西亚应该促进农村工业化。在提出这些战略时，本文重点关注私营部门的农业工业化、公共部门对小农的扩展，以及刺激油棕生产的土地权利保障。文章发现，要实现印度尼西亚农业的高效、公平和可持续增长，需要进行重大的政策变革。本文重点关注私营部门的农业工业化、公共部门对小农的扩展，以及刺激油棕生产的土地权利保障。文章发现，要实现印度尼西亚农业的高效、公平和可持续增长，需要进行重大的政策变革。本文重点关注私营部门的农业工业化、公共部门对小农的扩展，以及刺激油棕生产的土地权利保障。文章发现，要实现印度尼西亚农业的高效、公平和可持续增长，需要进行重大的政策变革。