Sociology of Sustainable Agriculture to Save Farmer Empowerment in Indonesia: Green-Economy Approach

Abstract

This study investigates the sociology of sustainable food production and the use of smart green-agricultural. The literature study research method uses content analysis to find answers to the research problem formulation. Various public documents and relevant literature studies were collected. The findings reveal that the government's policy on sustainable food production focuses on a sustainable food system by utilizing the concept of sustainable production, optimizing the use of land and food waters, ensuring fair food prices, and implementing a food waste management hierarchy. Agricultural technology focuses on food knowledge management systems, creation of knowledge management and databases based on local wisdom, implementation of sustainable production and food industry 4.0, development of a national system of barns, development of logistics and distribution systems, development of virtual content, and a national knowledge network. It can be concluded that the novelty of this research on the sociology of sustainable food systems is aware of the importance of a sustainable food system orientation with the concept of 'Fill My Plate'. Sociologically, the community understands that technology is intended as a definite step to support a green economy by encouraging responsible food consumption behavior. The implications of this research are expected to be able to provide recommendations for the development of a sustainable food system using a green economy approach to support the Indonesian sustainable food system (SPBI).