Agricultural Waqf: Concept, Benefits, and Challenges in the Contemporary Context

Agricultural land is an important area for ensuring food security. However, developing agriculture land has many challenges, this issue has led to the abandoned agricultural land. Agricultural Waqf has grown to solve these contemporary socio-economic challenges, particularly in the areas of food security and economic empowerment. This paper investigates the concept, benefits, and challenges of agricultural waqf in a contemporary context. Using qualitative method, including document analysis such as article, thesis and credit website. This study defines agricultural waqf as a modern mechanism that links land use with social and economic purposes through contracts such as muzara’ah and musaqah and ijarah. The findings show that agricultural waqf contributes significantly to food security by promoting local agricultural productivity and restore ecosystem, reducing dependence on imports, and stabilizing food supply chains. However, challenges such as limited public awareness, insufficient funding, and management inefficiency make it can’t get its full potential. The paper concludes that agricultural waqf can help to sustainable development, offering solutions to critical issues in food security and economic empowerment. Future research is recommended to explore models and partnerships that can increase the impact of agricultural waqf initiatives.