Maintaining price transparency and food regulation is critical to ensuring food security, particularly regarding food availability and access for the wider population. The Food Monitor Initiative by the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS) conducts this oversight on a quarterly basis through price and policy analysis of strategic food commodities in Indonesia.
A number of paradoxes in Indonesia’s current food policy landscape have broad implications for the efforts of all food-sector stakeholders to achieve food security and public welfare. Strategic steps are therefore needed to drive reform and establish a food policy framework that is both transparent and evidence-based.
This essay competition represents CIPS’s effort to invite academic perspectives and enrich public discourse on Indonesian food policy through a diverse range of scholarly lenses.
Turn raw data into policy food security solutions.
Submit your essay today and gain exclusive publication opportunities!
Rewards for 3 Winners
Cash Prizes
Each winner wins IDR700,000 (before tax)
Publication of Essays
All winning essays published on CIPS website
How to Participate
How to Join
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Subscribe to CIPS Food Monitor here
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Choose your essay topics
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Upload your essay below
Theme Options
To enrich discussion and scholarly inquiry into food policy in Indonesia, the submitted essay may draw from the following topics. Participants are also welcome to explore other themes relevant to Indonesia’s food policy ecosystem beyond the ones listed below:
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Concepts and Practices of Food Diversification in Indonesia
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Indonesia’s Food Trade Patterns
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Food Affordability for Indonesia’s Food Security
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Transformation of Indonesia’s Food Value Chain
Competition Timeline
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Essay Submissions: 8 June - 8 July 2026
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Winner Announcement: 22 July 2026 on CIPS' website and social media
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Essay Publications: July - August 2026
Requirements and Guidelines
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Educators, lecturers, and researchers affiliated with national or international higher education institutions.
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Open to participants of any nationality, regardless of whether they reside in Indonesia or abroad.
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Has relevant teaching and research experiences in a related field of study (demonstrated by submitting a CV or resume alongside the article).
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Willing to be published as an author on the CIPS website.
If you have questions, please email to contact@cips-indonesia.org or DM to CIPS' Instagram account @cips_id
