Jakarta, Feb. 18 -- Incumbent president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said, distribution of land to the people is aimed at encouraging the access to working capital.
"In the past two years we have distributed land concessions through social forestry program for indigenous peoples, customary rights, farmers, fishermen," Jokowi said during the second round of presidential debate at the Sultan Hotel in Jakarta on Sunday evening.
During the period, he continued, land concessions granted to the people had reached 2.6 million hectares out of the 12.7 million hectares targeted during his administration.
He said that in addition to providing land rights, the government also assist people to create productive land by planting agricultural crops such as co...