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FREEDOM FOR FARMER FREEDOM FOR ALL
Agus PakpahanMax Havelaar Indonesia FoundationJakarta, 2006
 
Dedication:This book is dedicated to my late father, A.G. Pakpahan, and my mother H. O. Toyibah and father,H.E. Masykur, for whom I indebt in my life and to farmers to whom I owe freedom of life. .
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PREFACE
Why agriculture is good for humanity but not for farmers? Why after more than 7000 years agriculturehas been evolving, farmers’ life is more suffering?The critical issue raise in this volume is freedom. I took a position that freedom is the seed for makingfurther steps of civilization. This is the first step to initiate further thousand steps more. Freedom is theroot for survival and survival is the first step for further development. Without freedom, we cannotsurvive. This argument is also true for farmers. Farmers will not and cannot survive if they become objectof exploitation. In turn, the whole civilization will decline if a part of societal chains are extinct. Theexploitation of farmers is the same with the exploitation of our sources of life. We know that over exploitation of our resources will destroy our cuvilization. The same argument could also be used to theexploitation of farmers. Once farmers’ freedom is in existence, then the answer to the question of justice,equality and welfare of the people will come automatically.This publication would not have been possible without the involevement of all those people influencedmy life. I want to thank, Agus Supriono, for his encouragement. Contributions of Drs. P. Lovell, A.A.Schmid, R. Bernstein and L. Manderscheid are so invaluable. Drs. S. Baharsjah, G. Kartasasmita, B.Saragih and M. Nasution had given opportunities for me to explore knowledge which I believed as asource of power to make better future agriculture. Discussions with R. Wibowo, Subiyono, S.Y. Harrishave challenged my line of thoughts in writing this volume. Furthermore, interactions with Arum Sabiland other leaders of associations of estate crops farmers have created invaluable understanding of farmers’ life that contribute significant meaning for me in writing this volume. The final version wasexternally reviewed by E.M. Lokollo. Their detailed and constructive comments and suggestions led tofurther improvements throughout the documents, for which I am most grateful. I thank to my family:Dina, Angga, Miryani, Andya, and Abi for their understandings. To Cholik, Ninie, and H. Amin, I thank for their help in making my life easier. However, remaining errors are mine.Jakarta, 25 December 2006
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