Agricultural Development Master Strategy (SIPP) 2015-2045.

The Agricultural Development Strategy (SIPP) 2015-2045 aims at structuring the agricultural sector given its strategic role in supporting the national economy, especially for the creation of food security, as a contributor to GDP, employment and poverty reduction, providers of food, feed, fiber, energy and industrial raw materials, exports, sources of public income, etc. The agricultural sector is also a major sector of the regional economy and inherently strengthens the food security system, energy security, economic resilience, culture and local institutions, and plays an important role in the conservation of the environment. Agricultural development has ten functions: 1. Development of human resources; 2. Food security; 3. Strengthening family resilience; 4. Potential energy security (bioenergy development); 5. Poverty alleviation and equitable development; 6. Services of the natural environment; 7. Potential for the development of bioindustry; 8. Creation of a climate conducive to development; 9. Strengthening economic resilience; and 10. Quality growth sources.
There are five major challenges of the future agriculture that are multidimensional, namely: 1) increase the income of small farmers; 2) increase food production and other agricultural commodities; 3) meet the needs of consumers; 4) facilitate the process of transforming the national economy from fossil-based to bioeconomic-based; 5) realize sustainable agriculture in the context of global climate change. Sustainable Agricultural Bioindustry System as a transformation of the development orientation of fossil-based materials into renewable resource based. Food is a crucial issue that must be available at all times. Therefore, the strategic step that can be taken is to maintain Java as the national rice granary, while at the same time laying the foundation for a more diversified and competitive production outside of Java, while strengthening and developing a land protection policy sustainable food agriculture. Given that food provision requires food stocks to maintain stability in food supply and prices, then in national food availability planning it is necessary to take into account the minimum stock (pag. 20).
SIPP 2015-2045 is expected to be a guide and reference, in the preparation of Long Term Development Plan (RPJP) for the next period, Medium Term Development Plan (RPJM). In order to operationalize SIPP, follow-up is required aiming at: 1) issuing the necessary regulations, 2) making this document a teaching resource for the faculty of agriculture students; 3) disseminating to all stakeholders; 4) developing various models of bio-industry agriculture and pilot projects in several regions; 5) cooperating with investors to develop bioindustry; 6) establishing institutions that support the development of bioindustry and 7) increasing the capacity of agricultural human resources. National food security must be based on self-reliance, especially for strategic staple foods, such as rice, corn, soybeans, sugar and beef. The challenge of the food crisis is actually an opportunity that can be utilized by Indonesia as an agrarian country that has the potential of natural resources and human resources in large numbers to become a world food supplier. Taking into account the various problems faced in domestic food production, then the planning of growth of domestic food production for the long term should reach about 2-3 percent per year (pag. 21).
The objectives of SIPP include: 1. Provide reference materials for the preparation of agricultural development Long Term Development Plan (RPJP), Medium Term Development Plan (RPJM), Government Work Plan (RKP) and similar, both at the Central and Regional levels; 2. Produce instruments to coordinate, integrate, and synergize development plans by the Government, community-based development plans and business plans; 3. Generating political energy to realize a national consensus on long-term agricultural development plan; 4. Encouraging national most appropriate long-term road directions and roadmap for Indonesia; 5. Provide a reference material for technocrats, scientists, educators and the public associated to agricultural development. The agriculture sector requires high alignment because this sector is the leading sector for food security, multi-functional including solving environmental and social problems (poverty, justice, etc.).
Good governance development is realized through the improvement of institutional system, rule of law, basic principles in decision making and capacity building of state apparatus. The state apparatus is a servant of the community (including agribusiness entrepreneurs) and development entrepreneurs, who are constantly working hard, honestly, creatively and innovatively to facilitate the development of integrated farming systems. In addition, the Strategy aims at strengthening institutional cooperation frameworks that encourage the involvement of various institutions (ministries, central banks and policy makers) at partner sites on economic and regulatory issues, subject to the development of financial systems, vocational training and private sector development.
Future challenges will also be linked to climate change that will directly affect the provision of food and energy for the growing population. On the other hand, the availability of arable land tends to decline due to degradation, surface erosion and expansion of industrial, residential and other non-agricultural infrastructure. Thus, innovative products and procedures in the business world will also provide an opportunity for a transition to a sustainable production system. This fact is a challenge for the agricultural sector in terms of allocation of air, land and water resources, nutrients, climate and ecosystem effectively and adaptive in producing food.