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INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND ENERGY SECURITY TOWARDS SDGs PROGRAM

Its not necessary for mentioning how many million people requiring food and
energy in their life, because food and energy are fundamental requirement for
the all mankind. Because of the importance of food and energy, not a few
country in the world makes food and energy as their prior comodity export for
run an economy inside the country. Not suprisingly, many country race againts
the food and energy development. And not a few country are left behind in food
and energy development, so they can do import market from other country. And
import activities increasing market movement in food and energy sector.
The distruption of food and energy security strongly associated with food and
energy availbility, and what will happen in the future is less food and energy
supply that cause food and energy scarcities. Food and energy will continue to
increase along with the increase of population and industrialization development,
so the achivement of food and energy needs will significantly increase. In longterm development programs from many country, food and energy are very
important for their national plan. But, the existance of food and energy security
decrease in some countries particularly developing countries.
Food and energy diversity become a reference for the growth and development
of food and energy needs when create food and energy security in many
countries, and remains concerned about environmental sustainability in order to
create food and energy needs inside environmental sustainability path. Food and
energy development also implemented with concerned in needs and in period of
time, both for domestic demand or international demand (export) so there is no
over-exploitation. Food and energy scarcities that will happen in the future is a
major problem, and it would disrupted the country development programs and it
would threaten the national security.
National policy in allocation and development of food and energy in many
countries indicating the objectives of governement in food and energy issue.
Food and energy security is a complex issue when discussed from national
security aspect in each country because it relating to the independence
compliance with food and energy and also other aspect, depending on their
national strategic plan from each countries. According to World Economic Forum
(2011), there is 3 particular risk that important for the stakeholder in each
country to understand and be able to response to in the coming decade. It is
food-water-energy nexus, it is contain water security, food security and energy
security that would impact to climate change. Food and energy security were
include inside of it. From that nexus program, it can be said that most of the
government arround the world already paying attention to food and energy
issue. But as the time goes by, it created problems for example conflict of
interest between different groups, human right violation, and environment it self.
Food and energy security have complex connection with national policy and
other aspect such as economy, natural resource, technology, politics, and other
related aspect inside the country. Not a few people inside the countries arround
the world relating the failure of food and energy sector fulfillment with the failure
of a their goverment and economic disparity, also this sector could cause
geopolitical conflict. Therefore, food and energy sector are a part of the strategic

commodities because every system and dynamics of human life related to these
factor.
Requirement management of food and energy if we associate with food and
energy security for industrial countries, is a sector that quite important.
However, resource and distribution in food and energy in national sector should
having regulation system that provide equitable, equalty and transparancy.
Meanwhile, food and energy security management should be affected by global
issue development such as environmental issue, and technology development.
So, food and energy security also consider to global environmental factor using
technology development and provide applicable-efficient and clean technology.
Considering shipping supply in food and energy sector as major point in reduce
the number of pollution, because the increasing food and energy demand will
increasing trade channel, creating market on it. So, it should be considered by
government.
Food and energy security can be divided into several mean. First, food and
energy security are supply in optimum quantity with affordable price. Second,
food and energy security not only limited in supplies availability but also related
to sustainability concept in acquire and managing food and energy resources. In
many countries or many food and energy organization more concern in food and
energy issue from their perspective and their objective. Therefore, food and
energy fulfillment inside the country must related to characteristics and objective
fact, and many complexity in geographical condition, politics, social, economy,
environment and the other aspect. Hence, prespective about food and energy
security must be changed. Its not about the availability of a comodity with
affordable price, but it is related to fairness principal inside food and energy
sovereignty aspect. With strong food and energy sovereignty inside a country, it
will provide the country to have a good progress and contribute in international
scale of food and energy fulfillment using importing method, without affecting
national sovereignty and national security inside the country that have more
food and energy resource but with slow management on it. The emergence of
food and energy problems, not only in technical problem (supply, and providing
facilities and infrastructure), but also related to the stake holder. Both in exports
destination country, producer, or individual. Once again, food and energy
become media for many people that have interest and power in food and energy,
economic growth and political power. The viewpoint of the pro-cont in increasing
food and energy security may be in vary, depend on those stakeholder. Whether
they become consumer, producer, or capital owner.
The complexity of development in global food and energy security issue affected
food and energy security issue inside a country. Therefore that issue is not only
limited between countries, but also a country with a market or some groups of
people, especially in economical aspect fulfillment from food and energy. the
ability of many countries in controling their food and energy supply and demand
is a tread in maintain the sustainability of food and energy sovereignty,
furthermore it provides effectives shipping method. If this fulfillment of controling
their food and energy supply and provides the effectives methods of shipping did
not maintain properly, then the country couldnt maintain it food and energy
sovereignty for it self. Except a country that provide from other country. For
example, a country that have prioritize in technology and economical for their

national sovereignty make a contract with other country for their food and
energy sovereignty fulfillment. Regarding to World Economic Forum, food and
energy issue, economical growth and politic are related to food and energy
problems. Therefore, strategical value in food and energy sector is important. In
global aspect, the change factor of food and energy value provided has direct
result for the country. Hence, food and energy policy that provide in global
aspect such as environmental sustainable become a good attempt in many
country arround the world, so the country can provide good market for
economical issue, cleantech industry, and assured community.
Developing plant varieties, developing hybird energy can be used as an
alternative in maintain the sustainable of food and energy fulfillment in national
sector. Development of food varieties such as analog rice and energy such as
biomass and biogas also can be an option and solution for food and energy
fulfillment, even in many countries have developed biogas in industrial scale.
With food diversification and treating waste became electricity, can be used as a
reference for the country with small portion of developed sector of food and
energy. therefore, in the future, food and energy policy in a country must
strengthening the food and energy security, the policy must executed in
strategic and in appropriate ways. So there are many country with a good
national food and energy security, that can help and provide international food
and energy security.

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