Indonesia's Defense Economic Program in the Context of Food Security, Overcoming the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic and Anticipating the Impact of Climate Change

Abstract

Apart from the Covid-19 pandemic, there are other threats that will be faced by countries around the world, including Indonesia, namely climate change. The threat of climate change is predicted to cause a worldwide food crisis. One of the government programs through the ministry of defense is the food estate program. This study aims to analyze the strategies used by the government in the development of food estates in strengthening the national economy. This research is qualitative. The data collection technique was carried out using a literature review. The author relates the discussion to the strategy theory proposed by Carl Von Clauswitz. There are 3 war strategies used by Napoleon Bonaparte in battle and his war experience, namely Means, Way, and Ends. Based on this research, the results show that there are 3 strategies used by the government in the development of food estates. The first strategy is Means, which is the government's efforts to develop food estate by providing land resources to be developed into a special sector for food estate development. The second strategy is the Way, the Government designs a business model that will be used from the production of food estate development for the recovery of the national economy. The third strategy is Ends, namely the development of food estates based on law number 3 of 2002 concerning national defense.

Keywords: Defense Economy, Food Estate, Government, Development, National Economic Recovery, Strategy

DOI: 10.7176/JESD/12-23-04

Publication date: December 31^st 2021