Agreement on Agriculture WTO: Discourse on Indonesia's Food Security in a Global Context

Putra, Akbar Kurnia and Zaki, Muhammad Reza Syariffudin and Sipahutar, Bernard and Hefni, Hanna Adistyana and Cason, Christopher Michael (2024) Agreement on Agriculture WTO: Discourse on Indonesia's Food Security in a Global Context. Lex Scientia Law Review, 8 (1). pp. 137-162. ISSN 2598-9685

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Abstract

This article evaluates Indonesia’s progress towards its national goal of food security. To meet the Indonesian population’s right to food by formulating national policies and supporting regulations on agriculture for food sovereignty, while conducting economic diplomacy utilising its membership in the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, as well as the G33 coalition. Normative juridical research and comparative legal analysis are employed to examine provisions concerning agriculture contained in Indonesia’s national legal instruments and WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture. The article finds that Indonesia has failed to attain either food security or food sovereignty, postponed by international negotiations where developed countries object the developing and least-developed countries’ Special Products and Special Safeguard Mechanism. The provisions are imperative for supporting Indonesia’s economic growth to attain food security and eradicate poverty, considering the significant gap between the economies of developed and developing economies . This article suggests Indonesia strengthen its bilateral economic relations with influential, more economically developed members of WTO agreement to garner international support to meet the national food security and to exercise Indonesia’s rights to regulate within its jurisdiction, leading to food sovereignty.

Type:	Article
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Divisions:	Fakultas Hukum > Ilmu Hukum
Depositing User:	Putra
Date Deposited:	24 Jan 2025 02:14
Last Modified:	24 Jan 2025 02:14
URI:	https://repository.unja.ac.id/id/eprint/75244

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