Using Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework: An Analysis of the Jokowi’s Administration of Food Estate Policy in Indonesia

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned global leaders about the potential for the COVID-19 pandemic to disrupt food supply networks. President Jokowi implemented an extensive food estate initiative in response to the warning. Using it as a case study, this article primarily examines the Jokowi administration's food estate policy. There are two main benefits to using this case. First, political contestation and the intensity of disputes were prominent features of the development of food estate policies. Second, President Jokowi, the study's principal policy entrepreneur, has national-level influence. This article bases its theoretical arguments on the work of John Kingdon, namely his multiple streams approach. The Jokowi administration places food estate as a strategic programme so that it becomes a top priority in his administration. A critical review of the opening policy window in the Food Estate reveals two things. The first focus event is the spread of the pandemic. The Jokowi administration saw this gap in the market and seized the opportunity to create the Food Estate Policy as a holistic and coordinated strategy to deal with the issue of food insecurity. Second, a moment for reconciliation of national political leadership after the general election 2019. This can be reflected in the delegation of strategic tasks from President Jokowi to Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto to become the leading sector of food estate management.