In order to increase revenue, the Dutch colonial government implemented a series of policies termed the Cultivation System (Dutch: cultuurstelsel), which mandated Indonesian farmers to grow a quota of commercial crops such as sugar and coffee, instead of growing staple foods such as rice.
为了增加财政收入，荷兰殖民政府采取了一系列称作定植制度（荷蘭語：cultuurstelsel，英语：Cultivation System）的政策，强制印尼农民按定额种植商业上可供贸易的作物如茶和咖啡，而不是种植主食如稻米。