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Country report Indonesia
Author(s) -
Idris Abdul Malik Sadat
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
irrigation and drainage
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1531-0361
pISSN - 1531-0353
DOI - 10.1002/ird.2589
Subject(s) - business , food security , government (linguistics) , agriculture , poverty , natural resource , water security , downstream (manufacturing) , upstream (networking) , population , private sector , natural resource economics , environmental planning , environmental resource management , water resources , economic growth , geography , economics , political science , engineering , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , telecommunications , demography , archaeology , marketing , sociology , law , biology
As the fifth most populated country in the world, Indonesia has been facing huge challenges in food security. With a growing population and a more competitive environment, these challenges will only increase in the future. Climate change has put more pressure on the agricultural sector. These conditions will make farmers more vulnerable to poverty in light of their present relatively low standard of living. Under these circumstances, high‐level attention on the part of all stakeholders is needed currently as never before. The decrease in world water availability and an increase in water‐disaster‐related hazards make integrated water resource management (IWRM) even more relevant. Collaboration between government–private, upstream–downstream users and operators, intra‐government institutions, and communities are encouraged through not only a sound policy and regulatory framework, but also a robust institutional framework and financing. Implementing a broader view of water resources in their natural cycle may help us to understand better the importance of maintaining their availability, accessibility and quality for the process of acquiring food security and nutrition.