{"id":628294,"date":"2023-04-11T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/11\/report-indonesias-food-estate-program-repeating-failures-of-past-projects\/"},"modified":"2023-04-11T11:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T16:50:00","slug":"report-indonesias-food-estate-program-repeating-failures-of-past-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/11\/report-indonesias-food-estate-program-repeating-failures-of-past-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Indonesia\u2019s \u2018food estate\u2019 program repeating failures of past projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"main\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<article id=\"post-267402\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Some of the large-scale food plantations established by the Indonesian government under a \u201cfood estate\u201d program have reportedly been abandoned.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>A field investigation in 2022 and 2023 found wild shrubs and abandoned excavators on plots of lands that had been cleared for cassava and rice in Central Kalimantan province.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Activists say the program\u2019s failings were apparent from the start, with a lack of proper impact assessments carried out prior to selecting sites and clearing forests for crops ill-suited to the soil.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The program\u2019s trajectory mirrors that of the Mega Rice Project from the mid-1990s, which failed spectacularly to boost yields, and left in its wake widespread destruction of carbon-rich peatlands.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>JAKARTA \u2014 When the Indonesian government <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2020\/05\/indonesia-mega-rice-project-peatland-food-crisis\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">announced<\/a> its food estate program in 2020, it envisioned the establishment of large-scale agricultural plantations across the country.<\/p>\n<p>These plantations of crops like rice, cassava and potato were supposed to be <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2020\/08\/indonesia-mega-rice-estate-project-kalimantan-borneo-peat-wetland\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">the answer<\/a> to what the government says is an impending global food crisis, and would help feed the world\u2019s fourth-largest population.<\/p>\n<p>But a <a href=\"https:\/\/pantaugambut.id\/storage\/widget_multiple\/food-estate-jilid-ii-publish-5KmTx.pdf\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">field investigation<\/a> at the sites of the food estate program in the Bornean province of Central Kalimantan by independent researchers in March 2022 and February 2023 instead found sprawling plantations that had been abandoned.<\/p>\n<p>Three years into the program, there\u2019s no rice or cassava crops ready to be harvested, and no farmers tending their fields. Instead, wild shrubs have sprouted on these plots of lands, and excavators have started to rust away, according to the investigation by environmental NGOs Pantau Gambut and Walhi Central Kalimantan, and BBC News Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>In the village of Tewai Baru, Gunung Mas district, for instance, the investigation found 600 hectares (nearly 1,500 acres) of cassava plantations withering away. Villagers told the researchers that the crops hadn\u2019t been harvested. And despite being more than a year old, well into maturity for cassava plants, these crops appeared thin and stunted, the researchers found. The cassava tubers themselves were small, about the size of a human finger.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation also found seven abandoned excavators that no longer worked.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_267407\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/04\/11164753\/whatsapp-image-2022-07-03-at-01-CBrWR-768x512.jpg\" alt width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  ><figcaption>A cleared area for the establishment of cassava plantation as a part of the food estate program in the Tewai Baru village, Gunung Mas district, Central Kalimantan. Image courtesy of Walhi Central Kalimantan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In another village, Mantangai Hulu in Kapuas district, 17 hectares (42 acres) of land had been prepared for rice plantations, with excavators at work in the village from July to August 2021 to clear away shrubs.<\/p>\n<p>But the plantations have been abandoned since then, and the wild shrubs have returned.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2022, the government distributed seeds, lime and pesticide to the villagers, but they ended up not using them.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Johan, a lawmaker who sits on the parliamentary oversight commission for agriculture, said he had visited a number of food estate sites in Central Kalimantan and had also seen the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we went to the field, we also saw that [some plantations had been abandoned],\u201d he told Mongabay at his office in Jakarta. \u201cWe saw it in Kapuas district in 2022. [The crops] are not growing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These findings indicate that the food estate program, included in the government\u2019s list of projects of national strategic importance, is failing, said Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaigner Syahrul Fitra.<\/p>\n<p>He said the clearest sign of this is that Indonesia still doesn\u2019t have enough rice, the most important staple food in the country, to meet domestic demand. In late 2022, Bulog, the government agency that manages the national food stockpile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/opinion\/2023\/01\/18\/analysis-bulog-to-intervene-rice-market-as-prices-soar-stocks-deplete.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">had to import<\/a> 500,000 metric tons of rice from Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and Pakistan to replenish its depleting stocks.<\/p>\n<p>And the government <a href=\"https:\/\/ekonomi.republika.co.id\/berita\/rrlbba457\/pemerintah-berencana-buka-impor-beras-kloter-kedua-500-ribu-ton\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">is considering importing<\/a> another 500,000 metric tons from India this year because there\u2019s only around 300,000 metric tons left in Bulog\u2019s stockpile \u2014 far less than the safe threshold of 1.2 million metric tons.<\/p>\n<p>The food estate program was meant to prevent such scenarios, with its grand plan to turn Central Kalimantan into the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/indonesia.go.id\/narasi\/indonesia-dalam-angka\/ekonomi\/food-estate-lumbung-baru-di-kalimantan-tengah\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">new rice production center<\/a>. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bps.go.id\/indicator\/53\/1498\/1\/luas-panen-produksi-dan-produktivitas-padi-menurut-provinsi.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">official data<\/a> show that rice production in the province has actually declined since the program began in 2020. That year, Central Kalimantan produced 457,952 metric tons of rice. In 2021 and 2022, the output dropped to 381,189 and 343,918 metric tons respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means that the food estate program has failed to solve [the rice deficit],\u201d Syahrul said.<\/p>\n<p>The program\u2019s development has received extra scrutiny in Central Kalimantan, which was the site of an identical initiative, the Mega Rice Project (MRP), that failed spectacularly in the mid-1990s.<\/p>\n<p>During that project, thousands of kilometers of canals were dug to drain the region\u2019s waterlogged peat soils, all without any environmental impact assessment. But the nutrient-poor peat soil proved too unforgiving for the kind of rice cultivation practiced on the mineral-rich volcanic soils of other islands in Indonesia like Java and Bali.<\/p>\n<p>After multiple failed harvests, the government abandoned the project, leaving behind a dried-out wasteland that burns on a large scale almost every year. Subsequent attempts to replicate the project in other regions, like the easternmost region of Papua, also ended in failure.<\/p>\n<p>The current government of President Joko Widodo <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2020\/05\/indonesia-mega-rice-project-peatland-food-crisis\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">said<\/a> it had learned from the mistakes of previous food estate projects, and promised that the ongoing initiative won\u2019t be a repeat of the MRP fiasco. It cited changes such as construction work aimed at improving existing infrastructure like roads and irrigation channels.<\/p>\n<p>But the findings from the joint investigation indicate that the government is repeating the same mistakes, according to Pantau Gambut research manager Agiel Prakoso.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the peatland area [cultivated this time around] is not as massive as the one in the MRP project, the practices are still the same,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_267405\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/04\/11164128\/whatsapp-image-2022-07-03-at-01-jakzR-768x512.jpeg\" alt width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  ><figcaption>Withering cassava tubers at a food estate site in the Tewai Baru village, Gunung Mas district, Central Kalimantan. Image courtesy of Walhi Central Kalimantan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>What went wrong?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The root of the problem is lack of proper planning, activists say.<\/p>\n<p>For one, the government only required a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luk.staff.ugm.ac.id\/rawa\/2020-11-04KLHSFoodEstateKaltengdanTindaklanjutnya.pdf\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">rapid strategic environmental assessment<\/a> for the implementation of the project, instead of the usual, more stringent, strategic environmental assessment process. The latter is mandatory for a large-scale project like the food estate, and takes longer to complete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no in-depth study [just like with the MRP], and [the current food estate program] doesn\u2019t take into account past studies from experts,\u201d Agiel said.<\/p>\n<p>Where the cassava program was implemented in the Gunung Mas district, Greenpeace Indonesia alleges that forests were cleared in November 2020 without any environmental assessment being carried out first.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until February 2021 that a public consultation process took place as a part of an environmental impact assessment, according to Greenpeace Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s audit agency, known as the BPK, also found <a href=\"https:\/\/wartapemeriksa.bpk.go.id\/?p=34033\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">irregularities<\/a> in the food estate program. It said the program was planned without valid data and information, and the planning itself fell short of sustainable agricultural practices. The BPK also found that the process to determine the best locations of the food estate program didn\u2019t comply with existing regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Agiel said it\u2019s apparent that the government also didn\u2019t consider local knowledge and experience in designing the program, resulting in planners forcing local farmers to use seeds that aren\u2019t suitable for the type of soil in the region. The cassava crops in Tewai Baru, for instance, are dying because the they\u2019re not suited to the soil there, which is mostly sandy and shallow, the villagers said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if [you] want to plant cassava, you have to look at the soil condition, is it suitable or not? We may be ignorant, but as locals we know the condition of the soil,\u201d said Rangkap, a villager in Tewai Baru.<\/p>\n<p>As for the rice plantations in Mantangai Hulu village, residents said they weren\u2019t given any training by the government on how to cultivate the prepared land. So after the excavators were done clearing the land in August 2021, the villagers didn\u2019t know what to do next, said Sarianto, a villager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor rice fields, the process is long and needs a lot of fertilizers,\u201d Sarianto said. \u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s important to train [us].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another issue is the lack of agricultural infrastructure, such as irrigation channels, he said. He noted that adequate irrigation is important for the kind of swampy land in Mantangai Hulu, which is located near a river and routinely floods when the water rises.<\/p>\n<p>This type of swamp, near rivers and on the coast, are affected by the rise and fall of the sea level, and <a href=\"https:\/\/nasional.tempo.co\/read\/1704253\/program-food-estate-di-kalteng-dinilai-tepat\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">dominate<\/a> the landscape of Central Kalimantan. Irrigation channels would allow the villagers to cultivate rice without being subjected to these changes.<\/p>\n<p>Janang Firman, the advocacy manager at Walhi Central Kalimantan, questioned why the strategic environmental assessment process was rushed if the government were truly serious about the food estate program.<\/p>\n<p>Chay Asdak, a professor of watershed management at Padjadjaran University in the city of Bandung, said the food estate program should have been carefully designed by considering the hydrological condition of the landscape to avoid a repeat of the failed 1990s Mega Rice Project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if [the government] wants to use science as the basis [of the food estate program], then the hydrology of the organic system has to be followed,\u201d he said at a recent discussion in Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>Susilawati, a swamp rice researcher at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), said it\u2019s too early for the food estate program to produce the same kind of yields as the plantations of Java, the main rice-producing island in Indonesia, where growing rice is a centuries-old tradition and where the soil is nourished by frequent volcanic eruptions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf [you] want [the food estate program] to immediately succeed within three years, then it\u2019s possible with optimal lands, not in swamp lands that are newly cleared,\u201d she said as quoted by news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/nasional.tempo.co\/read\/1704253\/program-food-estate-di-kalteng-dinilai-tepat\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">Tempo.co<\/a>. \u201cBut if it\u2019s in swamp lands, then we will need more time to manage the lands in accordance with their function.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel, the lawmaker, said parliament had already voiced its concern over this lack of detailed planning when the government first announced the plan to establish the food estates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActually we\u2019ve opposed [the program from the very beginning] because the study is not there yet,\u201d he said. \u201cIt turned out that the lands are not suitable. The people [to manage the plantations] are not there. And if there are people [managing the lands], they don\u2019t understand good agricultural practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_267406\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/04\/11164340\/img-20220324-083236-0b8tk-768x512.jpg\" alt width=\"768\" height=\"512\"><figcaption>A cleared area for the food estate program in Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan. Image courtesy of Walhi Central Kalimantan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Allegations of inflated yields<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Ministry of Agriculture <a href=\"https:\/\/koran.tempo.co\/read\/nasional\/475167\/jawaban-kementerian-pertanian-soal-masalah-proyek-food-estate\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">has denied<\/a> the allegations that the food estate program was poorly designed with a rushed strategic environmental assessment. It said all relevant ministries had carried out analyses using their own maps to determine which areas were suitable for establishing a food estate. These maps were then overlaid onto each other to ensure the areas\u2019 suitability.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry said the implementation of the food estate program had to be done as fast as possible because of the looming global food crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Syahrul of Greenpeace Indonesia said Indonesia\u2019s issue isn\u2019t food shortage, but uneven food distribution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome regions have high childhood stunting rates, whereas others have high obesity rates,\u201d he said. \u201cThis means our food problem is uneven distribution as well as high rate of food waste in urban areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/indonesia\/news\/detail\/04-03-2021-indonesia-obesity-rates-among-adults-double-over-past-two-decades#:~:text=Childhood%20obesity%20is%20also%20on,Health%20Research%20Survey%20(RISKESDAS\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">official data from 2018<\/a>, about 20% of primary school-aged children and 14% of adolescents are obese or overweight.<\/p>\n<p>The solution to this problem is not to establish large-scale plantations. Syahrul said, as these would only exacerbate global warming by clearing large swaths of forests, which in turn would only harm the agricultural sector by making extreme weather events more intense and frequent.<\/p>\n<p>Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.detik.com\/berita-ekonomi-bisnis\/d-6532999\/mentan-ada-yang-bilang-food-estate-di-kalteng-gagal-nggak-betul\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">said<\/a> the food estate program isn\u2019t a failure as it has managed to increase the productivity of rice plantations in Central Kalimantan from less than 2 metric tons per hectare to 4 metric tons.<\/p>\n<p>However, he acknowledged that his ministry hadn\u2019t achieved its target of setting up new rice plantations for the food estate program in Central Kalimantan.<\/p>\n<p>In Kapuas district\u2019s Dadahup area, for instance, the government targeted the establishment of 1,020 hectares (2,520 acres) of new rice plantations. But the ministry has only established 200 hectares (494 acres) so far.<\/p>\n<p>Syahrul said irrigation is one of the challenges in the implementation of the food estate program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have challenges in the form of water. Of course [we] have to make irrigation channels first so that the water can recede, but it\u2019s not as easy as we thought it would be,\u201d he said as quoted by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kompas.id\/baca\/nusantara\/2023\/02\/16\/irigasi-dan-banjir-jadi-kendala-pengembangan-food-estate\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">Kompas<\/a><\/em> newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>The reports of failing plantations in the food estate program have prompted parliament to launch an investigation, according to Sudin, a lawmaker who heads the parliamentary commission on environmental issues.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/news.detik.com\/berita\/d-6533071\/komisi-iv-dpr-bentuk-panja-soal-dugaan-kementan-mark-up-data-food-estate\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">said<\/a> the commission will establish a team to investigate the program over concerns that the Ministry of Agriculture may have falsified data to inflate the program\u2019s agricultural production.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe food estate production data has been marked up by the Ministry of Agriculture,\u201d Sudin said at a parliamentary hearing on Jan. 25.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Yasin <a href=\"https:\/\/news.detik.com\/berita\/d-6533071\/komisi-iv-dpr-bentuk-panja-soal-dugaan-kementan-mark-up-data-food-estate\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">didn\u2019t deny the allegation<\/a>, saying only that the agricultural production data came from the national statistics agency, and therefore any concerns should be addressed to the agency, not his ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the reports of abandoned and failing plantations and inflated yields, the government has decided to continue with the food estate program. It plans to establish 10,000 hectares (nearly 25,000 acres) of corn plantations in the easternmost region of Papua. This will start with 500 hectares (1,235 acres) of corn to be used as livestock feed, followed by the establishment next year of 2,500 hectares (6,200 acres) of corn plantations, according to President Widodo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll see how many tons per hectare we get during the first harvest in June,\u201d the president <a href=\"https:\/\/nasional.kompas.com\/read\/2023\/03\/21\/20152811\/jokowi-cek-food-estate-di-keerom-papua-bakal-panen-perdana-juni-2023\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">said<\/a> during a visit to the food estate site in Papua\u2019s Keerom district.<\/p>\n<p><em>Banner image: A sinking excavator abandoned at the food estate site in Mantangai Hulu village, Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan. Image courtesy of Walhi Central Kalimantan.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>FEEDBACK: Use\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/72624901146150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">this form<\/a>\u00a0to send a message to the author of this post. If you want to post a public comment, you can do that at the bottom of the page.<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"single-article-footer\">\n<div id=\"single-article-tags\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/list\/agriculture\/\" rel=\"tag\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Agriculture<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/list\/climate-change\/\" rel=\"tag\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Climate Change<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/list\/deforestation\/\" rel=\"tag\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Deforestation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/list\/environment\/\" rel=\"tag\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Environment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/list\/food\/\" rel=\"tag\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Food<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/list\/food-crisis\/\" rel=\"tag\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Food Crisis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/list\/food-security\/\" rel=\"tag\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">food security<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/list\/forests\/\" rel=\"tag\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Forests<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/list\/peatlands\/\" rel=\"tag\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Peatlands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/list\/rainforest-deforestation\/\" rel=\"tag\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Rainforest Deforestation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/list\/rainforests\/\" rel=\"tag\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Rainforests<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/list\/threats-to-rainforests\/\" rel=\"tag\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Threats To Rainforests<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/list\/tropical-forests\/\" rel=\"tag\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Tropical Forests<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/amp\/?print\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><svg style=\"width:45px;height:35px;\" fill=\"#669a00\"><use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/#print\" \/><\/svg>Print<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2023\/04\/report-indonesias-food-estate-program-repeating-failures-of-past-projects\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Lawanda Wiers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the large-scale food plantations established by the Indonesian government under a \u201cfood estate\u201d program have reportedly been abandoned. A field investigation in 2022 and 2023 found wild shrubs and abandoned excavators on plots of lands that had been cleared for cassava and rice in Central Kalimantan province. Activists say the program\u2019s failings were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":628295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[534,35297,193],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-628294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-financial","category-indonesias","category-report"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}