The Political Economy of Food and Peasant I Review Abstrak Jurnal

The Political Economy of Food and Peasant Problems
This paper holds an argument that the Indonesian government policies of developemt in the era of New
Order were not able to fully uphold people’s prosperity. One indicator of this was the rather
stagnant of agricultural sector which worsened since the economic crisis. The paper thoroughly assesses
the government policies on agricultural sector and specifically investigates recent government’s
food policies. It mainly concludes that the reform government faces a huge tasks in order to redevelop
agricultural sector. Besides further improvements in food policies, the paper suggests that the government
pays more attention on efforts to (1) further diversify agricultural sector both horisontally and vertically,
(2) increase strategic steps in order to help small farmers by increasing their productivity, (3) open new
agricultural sector especially outside Java, and (4) help farmers to be more market oriented.
Media Masyarakat Kebudayaan dan Politik
Volume : 13 - No. 1 - 2000-01-01
Author : Siti Aminah