Consistency of Central and Regional Planning in the Agricultural Sectors and the Factors Affecting It in Indonesia

Abstract

A strategic issue in national development is the integration between national and regional planning. This research had the aims to: (1) analyse the consistency and integration between national and regional plans, (2) analyse the consistency of national and regional planning with the actual implementation, and (3) analyse the factors that influenced the inconsistencies of national and regional planning in the agricultural sectors. The research was carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Indramayu Regency, in West Java Province and South Lampung Regency in Lampung Province. The data were analysed using both content and consistency analyses and a comparative case study. The research results showed that: (1) the level of consistency between the planning documents from the MoA and those from Indramayu Regency reached 87.68% and 95.81%, when compared with those from South Lampung Regency; (2) in terms of the consistency between the documents and the actual implementation, South Lampung Regency had programs/activities which were more integrated with the MoA programs compared with Indramayu Regency; and (3) there were five main factors which caused inconsistencies: policies from the district heads and the parties involved, force majeure, the development priorities, the communication distortion, and support from the political parties. The central government (the MoA) and the Regional Agriculture Office must collaborate by making an electronic-based priority scale of development planning and by reinforcing the capacities of regional planners.

The Power Relation Among Actors within National and Local Agricultural Sector Planning in Indonesia

“…The plans concerned here were those regarding the disbursement of the support of the agricultural tools and machinery from the central fund, aspiration fund, or task support fund. The data collection method used was described in the flowchart below: (Wahyudi et al, 2022c) From the flow chart above in Picture 1, it is seen that the data collection can be described as follows: a) Written text or document analysis. In this study the texs referred to were the minutes of the hearing session of the Ministry of Agriculture and House Commission IV of Parliament, e-proposals, proposals from members of House Commission IV of Parliament (either in papers and social media), NGO proposals, and; b) Analysis of discussion texts.…”

“…However, that big number of actors involved in Kabupaten Indramayu particularly in the provision of agriculture tools and machinery has turned out to be ineffective. Of 4.310 units of the agriculture tools and machinery that have been given, lots of them have not been fully utilized; this has led to the expected output (Wahyudi, et al, 2022b). It is thought that the influence and interests of an individual or group in the planning process had made the roles of the actors shift from those of what are supposed to be.…”