

12 Pandemic corona has hit the airline industry, the stock market, to oil prices due to the decline in world economic activity. Now threatens global food security. Indonesia is not proof of it. Rice, buffalo meat or beef, and sugar is potentially endangered if the government didn't do a tactical move.
Late last month, the Food and Agriculture Agency of the UN (FAO) stated that the world food crisis potentially occurs in April and May due to supply chain disturbed the policy of the state-the state in suppressing the spread of corona virus. For example, the implementation of the quarantine region or the lockdown, social restrictions, and travel bans.
Lockdown and social restrictions, according to the FAO, greatly influence the agricultural sector. Particularly in commodities of high value, such as vegetables and fruits requires a lot of labor in its production. While staple commodities capital-intensive relatively unaffected. Likewise, the livestock sector is affected in terms of the fulfillment of the animal fodder, the process of slaughter, and meat processing.
this Article has been published in Katadata.co.id with the title "the World Food Crisis is Haunting Indonesia" , https://katadata.co.id/telaah/2020/04/15/krisis-pangan-dunia-menghantui-indonesia
Author: Muhammad Ahsan Committee
Editor: Muhammad Ahsan Committee





