Government Accelerates LP2B Determination, Zulhas: Farmers Don't Need To Worry About Converting Rice Fields

Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs, Zulkifli Hasan. (Mery Handayani / VOI)

The conversion of agricultural land functions is one of the serious challenges for national food security. To reduce the rate of conversion of rice fields, the government is preparing to accelerate the determination of the Sustainable Food Agriculture Land (LP2B) which is expected to provide certainty for farmers.

The Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs, Zulkifli Hasan, ensured that the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency (ATR/BPN) would immediately complete the determination of LP2B this year.

"BPN will immediately speed up LP2B. Now this is good news, when this is over, our farmers are calm and safe because the rice fields can no longer be converted, it cannot be converted anymore," he said after a meeting with the Minister of ATR/BPN, at the Coordinating Ministry for Food, Jakarta, Tuesday, November 11.

Zulhas, as he is familiarly called, said that with the certainty of agricultural land that cannot be converted, farmers can formulate long-term work strategies without worrying that their rice fields will be shifted for other purposes.

"With the rice fields unable to be converted, they can calmly regulate their long-term work, strategically, and so on. Because the land is safe, it will not be converted, it will not be evicted," he said.

Furthermore, Zulhas hopes that the LP2B acceleration process can be completed in the near future. "This is in the process, hopefully this year it can be completed," he said.

Meanwhile, Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency (ATR/BPN) Nusron Wahid revealed that the government has set the Sawah Rawal Land (LBS) covering an area of 7.38 million hectares (ha). Referring to

Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 12 of 2025, LP2B covers at least 87 percent of the area.

"This meeting was a meeting to accelerate the formation of teams and verification of the land determination of LP2B and LSD (Lihat Protected Land) in other provinces, especially in 12 provinces. In order to achieve food security, so that the land does not become eroded for other purposes," said Nusron.

Furthermore, Nusron revealed that there was a difference in LP2B data. If you refer to the Provincial Spatial and Regional Plan (RTRW), the total LP2B has reached 95 percent. Meanwhile, when referring to Regency/City RTRW, LP2B has only reached 57 percent.

"Our job is to verify the data so that it controls the conversion of land functions," he said.

Regarding land transfer, Nusron said the average was 80,000 to 120,000 ha per year. However, in the eight provinces that have fully designated LBS, land conversion in the last five years has recorded only 5,618 ha.

"This was a meeting to accelerate the formation of teams and verification of LP2B and LBS land determinations in other provinces, especially in 12 provinces. In order to achieve food security, so that the land is not eroded for other purposes," he explained.