Early June, eight tonnes of agroecological rice—grown by the SPI-affiliated Peasant Cooperative (Koperasi Petani Indonesia/KPI) in Indramayu—were shipped to the Urban Poor Consortium (UPC) Cooperative in Kampung Susun Akuarium, North Jakarta. The cooperative serves around 5,000 households across 26 villages in the Jakarta area.
This effort reflects a growing grassroots movement to build a solidarity-based economy that promotes food sovereignty, social justice, and equitable access to healthy food. The rice is cultivated on land that forms part of SPI Indramayu’s 1,000-hectare Food Sovereignty Area (Kawasan Daulat Pangan/KDP)—land reclaimed and stewarded through agrarian struggle.
“This is a concrete collaboration between KPI Indramayu, a peasant production cooperative, and UPC, a consumer cooperative,” said Henry Saragih, SPI’s General Chairperson. “It embodies the principle of food sovereignty—directly linking producers and consumers while bypassing corporate-dominated supply chains.”
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