Jakarta, June 23 -- A member of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Johan Rosihan, has urged the government to initiate a comprehensive policy transformation to build long-term food self-sufficiency in response to current geopolitical escalations.

He opined that the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel, and the United States' involvement in it, poses a serious threat to the stability of Indonesia's food security.

This situation, he said, requires a quick and strategic policy response from the government.

"The war in the Middle East has become a global crisis that also threatens the stability of domestic food prices," he pointed out in Jakarta on Monday.

According to Rosihan, the conflict could trigger a spike in global cr...