Efektivitas Kebijakan Harga Pangan terhadap Ketahanan Pangan

Abstract

The implementation of price support policy has been facing pro and contra among the stakeholders. The experience of many developing countries in reducing their domestic support to farmers has been increasing the number of poverty incidence and threatened food security in the country. On the other side, developed countries still implement their huge domestic support to their agricultural industries. The objective of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of food price support policy to national food security; this result can be considered by the government in accelerating agriculture revitalization. This study used secondary data (time series) and analyzed using ECM. Some findings of the study show that food availability at national level could not guarantee the accessibility of food at household level. To make the price support policy effective, the price should be accomplished by other policies, especially government policy in providing rural infrastructure, increasing farmer's income and increasing good management control in financial aspects, specifically government expenditures related to food programs.