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REVIEW article

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

Sec. Land, Livelihoods and Food Security

Volume 9 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2025.1676641

Comparing National Food Security Policies in Indonesia and Thailand: A Systematic Meta-Synthesis Approach

Provisionally accepted
Agus  Subhan PrasetyoAgus Subhan Prasetyo1,2*Kim  DooleyKim Dooley1Khoiriyatun  WidyastutiKhoiriyatun Widyastuti2Annisa  FirdauziAnnisa Firdauzi2
  • 1Texas A&M University Department of Agricultural Leadership Education and Communications, College Station, United States
  • 2Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia

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Using a systematic meta-synthesis approach, this study compares Indonesia and Thailand's national food security policies. The study focuses on three main aspects, namely food distribution networks, infrastructure development, policy resilience and sustainability. A thematic analysis was conducted on various official sources and the latest scientific literature, including FAO, World Bank, and Global Food Security Index reports. The study results show that Indonesia tends to apply a state-based protectionism model emphasizing irrigation and food self-sufficiency. At the same time, Thailand adopts an export-oriented strategy with the support of cooperatives and foreign investment. These findings indicate a paradigm shift between developmental statism and agrarian neoliberalism approaches. This study emphasizes integrating food security theories such as the entitlement approach (Sen) and institutional analysis (Ostrom) to understand policy divergence patterns in Southeast Asia. The significance of this research lies in its contribution to building a hybrid conceptual model of food security for Global South countries. However, this study has limitations, including a literature scope that remains focused on the ASEAN region and the absence of primary field data, leaving room for further research to expand the empirical database.

Keywords: food security1, agrarian policy2, food distribution3, agricultural infrastructure4, resilience5

Received: 30 Jul 2025; Accepted: 01 Sep 2025.

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* Correspondence: Agus Subhan Prasetyo, Texas A&M University Department of Agricultural Leadership Education and Communications, College Station, United States

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