Food Security Management for Indonesia: The Strategy during the Covid-19 Pandemic

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Abstract

Food security is very important and is also prone to problems when faced with disaster situations, including diseases such as Covid-19 pandemic. The objectivity of this article is to highlight food security in relation to the availability of access to food sources so that it can meet basic or primary needs in Indonesia. An in-depth literature study with an epistemological positivism approach is needed to answer the problems that make the food crisis the main focus. To ensure food security in Indonesia, the government has prepared various strategies in three important agendas (emergency, temporary, and permanent) to monitor the stability of prices for basic necessities so that they do not skyrocket, increase national food production based on smallholder agriculture, and support small farmers. To achieve this, the Indonesian government has reallocated a larger budget to allocate it to seed assistance, labor-intensive programs, stabilization of food stocks and prices, paying attention to food distribution, and transportation. The implications are expected to make a significant contribution to other countries in anticipation of the food security crisis due to the impact of COVID-19.

Author Biography

Dio Caisar DARMA, Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Samarinda

Department of Management

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2020-12-20

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DARMA, S., & DARMA, D. C. (2020). Food Security Management for Indonesia: The Strategy during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy, 8(4), 371. Retrieved from https://www.managementdynamics.ro/index.php/journal/article/view/366