Neoliberal Policy of Indonesia’s Agricultural Revitalization
Abstrak: This paper discusses
Indonesian food agricultural policy, particularly since the Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono (SBY) administration. Influenced by the powers of global political
economy, Indonesia has been dictated to practice neoliberal policies, including
those in agricultural sector. The government had launched a policy of
agricultural revitalization to encourage agricultural productivity through a
private involvement. This study concludes that the agricultural revitalization
is just a short-term pragmatic policy and serves the neoliberal ideology. It is
not solve the major problems of food security and of rural life. What has to be
done by the government is a long-term attempt and planning to strengthen the
productivity and production of food agriculture and to improve the life of poor
peasants in rural areas—the majority of Indonesian population. Essentially, the
attempt and planning has to be directed into two basic problems on food
security in Indonesia, which are the problem of ‘food access’ and ‘peasant
vulnerability’.
Keywords: Neoliberal policy,
Indonesian food security, Indonesian food policy, Agricultural revitalization
Author: Budi Winarno
Journal Code: jphubintgg160006
