Optimization of sustainable sugar industry towards food security

Abstract

World Trade Forum (WTO) that sugar commodity is one of the agricultural commodities. The operation of the sugar business unit must be continued to support the government program in the Sugar Self Sufficiency effort given the rapid development of sugar needs while increasing production is relatively unbalanced. Sugar self-sufficiency and increasing the income of sugar cane farmers is one of the objectives of the government of the United Indonesia Cabinet II. The type of research in this paper is normative juridical research. The nature of this research is analytical descriptive. The formulation of the problem in this study is how to optimize the sugar industry as food security and how alternative policies for achieving sugar self-sufficiency. Food security according to Law Number 18 of 2012 concerning Food is defined as a condition for the fulfilment of food for the state to individuals, which is reflected in the availability of adequate, evenly affordable food and does not conflict with religion, both in quantity and in safe quality, diverse, nutritious, trustworthy and community culture to be able to live healthy, active and productive in a sustainable manner.