Empowering Indonesia’s Fisheries Industry through “Blue Food” Initiatives to Combat Food Crisis
Current instability of the international situation, such as increasing tensions between the US and China, war between Ukraine and Russia, climate change, and global economic uncertainty has caused a food crisis internationally. As the fourth largest nation, with more than 280 million people, Jakarta has cautious concern over this issue. For instance, President Joko Widodo has repeatedly given speeches regarding the food crisis and is currently intensifying government attention through the rice aid program (Metriani, 2024). Responding to the concern over the food crisis, Indonesia has started to implement food estate projects in various locations to ensure the stability of the national food supply and national nutritional needs. However, several issues and critics also occur with the implementation of this project, such as environmental concerns due to deforestation and biodiversity losses (Napitupulu et al., 2021).
