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Jakarta - Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Arief Prasetyo Adi revealed that it is important to build a national food ecosystem in the face of all forms of global threats, which have the potential to disrupt domestic economic stability.
This was revealed when attending a talk show organized by the Indonesian National Association of Consultants (INKINDO) in Jakarta on Thursday (25/4/2024).
"Even though we make sure that the supply of food stocks is safe, we still have to keep an eye on the uncertainty of the global situation, geopolitics, climate change, and disruptions in food supply between countries. This will affect global food prices which can have an impact on fluctuations in domestic food prices. Therefore, it is important to build a strong national food ecosystem," Arief said in a press release received by InfoPublik on Friday (26/4/2024).
Arief also said that one of the important and strategic sectors in the effort to realize the Golden Indonesia 2045 is food security. It is closely related to aspects of quantity and quality, affordable, and equitable throughout the region, so that food needs are met and people can live healthy, active, and productive lives.
Arief said that building the food ecosystem itself needs to cover three aspects of food security, namely food availability, affordability and utilization.
"Food is a basic component to realize quality human resources and the main pillar of national development that plays a role in maintaining economic, social and political stability. Therefore, building a national food ecosystem is important, which includes three aspects of food security ranging from availability, affordability, to utilization," Arief said.
From the aspect of food availability, Arief said that strategic staple food stocks are currently in a safe and sufficient condition.
In addition, with the support of regulations, namely Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 125 of 2022 concerning the Implementation of Government Food Reserves (CPP), his party is currently strengthening the CPP by optimizing the role and function of Perum Bulog and food SOEs as offtakers of farmer / livestock products. This is in line with President Joko Widodo's directive that the CPP be an instrument for stabilizing food supply and prices, food aid, and emergencies. (InfoPublik)