Indonesia’s Agricultural Sector to be Inculcated with the Concept of Islamic Economics

The main topic of the 2021 Indonesia Shariah Economic Festival (ISEF) was aptly named, “Agriculture for Sustainable Growth” following Bank Indonesia’s (BI’s) aim to promote Shariah Economic concept in the integrated agricultural sector.

Why it Matters?

Anwar Bashori, Head of the BI Department of Shariah Economy and Finance, speaking at the virtual sessions held on the 5th of October 2021 said that as a sector that had sustainable growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, agriculture had the capability to enhance economic growth. Explaining further, he said that Halal food and integrated agriculture were the only two positive sectors in the post COVID-19 economy which was the reason for the inclusion of integrated agriculture in the d...