Indonesia stays a rural nation. With 45% of the inhabitants residing within the countryside (approx. 123 million), Indonesia has the fourth-largest rural inhabitants within the international south. Agriculture is the lead sector in 20 of 34 provinces. Rural Indonesia is altering quick, with land reform and village authorities reforms, speedy migration to the town and abroad, and COVID-19 impacting rural life. Whereas many individuals have moved above the poverty line over current a long time, rural individuals face the upcoming threats of vulnerability, meals safety, stunting and local weather change, with a big proportion nonetheless residing under $2/day. Regardless of the significance of rural life to Indonesia and its area, scholarship has tended to miss rural Indonesia. In August 2022 the Indonesia Institute held a panel dialogue to commemorate Hari Tani and Indonesian Independence day and contemplate the necessity to rejuvenate analysis on rural Indonesia. We requested vital Indonesian thinkers to mirror on a easy query: What are an important coverage issues dealing with rural Indonesia, and what can researchers do about them? The panellists displays have been adopted by an open dialogue.

Panel audio system:

Land Reform: Noer Fauzi Rachman

Meals safety in rural Indonesia: Sirojuddin Arif, SMERU

Village Governance: Lian Gogali

Rural migration: Suraya Affi