Policy Recommendation for Food Security in Indonesia: Fish and Sea Cucumber Protein Hydrolysates Innovation Based

Abstract

The development of Fish and Sea Cucumber Protein Hydrolysates (HSPH) is very important in fulfilling the needs of nutrition to boost immunity and prevent malnutrition. The technology to produce HSPH has been classified in Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 9 or equivalent with Innovation Readiness Level (IRL) 3 which is able to provide added value for the product, technology management, thus it is ready for commercialization. The development of HSPH is suggested to conduct through strategic cooperation with cooperatives and multi-stakeholders including government agencies and private companies. The objective of this paper is to put a comprehensive policy recommendation to provide adequate nutritional food from marine product diversification as an alternative option in managing and combating food security challenges in the longer-term.

Keywords: Food Security, HSPH, TRL9, IRL3, policy, Indonesia

DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/13-7-08

Publication date: April 30^th 2021