Indonesia’s ‘Green Agriculture’ Strategies and Policies: Closing the Gap between Aspirations and Application

Adverse environmental impacts from rubber, coffee, cacao, palm oil (with Indonesia in the top-5 global producers for these export-oriented commodities) present both a threat for environmental degradation and an opportunity for greening the country’s agriculture, particularly when there is a growing preference among a sub-set of international consumers for sustainably grown products, and commitments from the government for advancing its agriculture policies.