PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND IN REALIZING SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURITY Erni Dwita Silambi1, Nurwita Ismail2, Dina Fitri Septarini1Ramdhan Kasim4 ct
13Universitas Musamus, Merauke, Indonesia
24Universitas Gorontalo, Gorontalo, Indonesia
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify and analyze the need for law to provide protection for food agricultural land to maintain national food availability as well as to analyze efforts to overcome the transfer of food agricultural land in Merauke. The method used in this research is empirical normative legal research. The results of this research are that the Merauke district government is drafting local regulations to build agricultural areas that cannot be converted and efforts that have been made are to provide assistance to farmers such as providing seeds, providing free fertilizers, and tools that can be used to facilitate processing of agricultural land and also harvesting equipment. Providing cooperatives to accommodate harvests at prices that are in accordance with market prices
Keywords: Legal protection, agricultural land security, food
