Bengkayang Accelerates Agrarian Reform for Equitable Land Distribution and Welfare

The Bengkayang Regency government in West Kalimantan is prioritizing agrarian reform as a strategic initiative to achieve equitable land distribution and enhance community welfare. This accelerated effort was emphasized during a coordination meeting of the Bengkayang Agrarian Reform Task Force.

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Agrarian reform is a national strategic program that plays an important role in supporting regional development, especially through improving community access to legal and productive land.

Regent Sebastianus Darwis highlighted that agrarian reform is more than just land division; it involves restructuring how land is controlled, owned, used, and utilized to ensure fairness and deliver real benefits. He stressed its importance as a national strategic program that supports regional development by improving citizens' access to legal and productive land.

Darwis called for strong synergy between the regional government, the Land Office, the Land Bank, and all stakeholders to ensure the program is implemented swiftly, transparently, and sustainably. The coordination meeting served as a crucial platform to evaluate progress and strategize, with a focus on asset and access restructuring, as well as preventing land conflicts within the regency.

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We hope the land redistribution can run optimally so as to support the community's economic growth, strengthen land legal certainty, and encourage the realization of more equitable welfare.

The Head of the Bengkayang Land Office, Endri Susilo, noted that redistributing land from the Land Bank's management rights is a key focus for 2026. This aims to provide legal certainty for land tenure and expand economic opportunities for the community. Susilo added that the success of agrarian reform is measured not only by the amount of land distributed but also by its ability to create economic access, reduce inequality, and minimize land disputes.

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Land redistribution is expected to provide direct benefits to the community through certainty of land rights while opening up opportunities for increased productivity and welfare.