This research analyzes government policies that regulate the management of the Red and White Cooperative (Red and White Village Cooperative) as an institutional instrument for empowering MSMEs and their contribution to economic growth and national food security. The approach used is normative legal research with analysis of statutory regulations, government policy documents, academic texts on the Cooperative Bill, as well as a review of the latest literature (2020–2025). Research findings show that administrative regulations and policies (including Ministerial Regulations, presidential instructions, and the currently harmonized Cooperative Bill) provide the legal framework for the Red and White Cooperative initiative, but implementation faces obstacles in governance, financing, cooperative human resource capacity, and food supply chain integration. Recommendations include affirming cooperative governance norms in the bill, clear and inclusive financing mechanisms, institutional digitalization and capacitation, as well as cross-ministerial synergy to link cooperatives-MSMEs with national food security programs
Suwardi Suwardi (Wed,) studied this question.