Policy Transformation by Minister Amran Drives a Robust National Food Ecosystem Food self-sufficiency drives the growth of the national food ecosystem Red: Intan Pratiwi

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – The effort to achieve national food self-sufficiency is now entering a more comprehensive transformation phase. Agricultural policies are no longer positioned merely as short-term government programs, but as the foundation for building a robust, competitive, and sustainable food ecosystem. Muhammad Makky, an academic from Andalas University, assesses that the direction of the policies pursued by the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) under the command of Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Andi Amran Sulaiman and Deputy Minister of Agriculture (Wamentan) Sudayono shows a fundamental change in the governance of the national food sector. The state is present not only as a regulator, but also as a driver of the ecosystem that ensures the entire production chain from upstream to downstream runs smoothly. “This is a business strategy designed by the Minister. We see that the programs designed are not based on government projects, but already consider business ...