This study examines the dilemma of rice import policy in Indonesia within the context of international trade and food security challenges. Rice, as a strategic commodity, holds significant social, economic, and political value, making import policies highly influential on price stability, farmers’ welfare, and national food security. The research identifies that import policies are often misaligned with domestic needs due to weak inter-institutional coordination, data inaccuracies, and pressures from political and business interests. As a result, import policies frequently create imbalances between the interests of consumers, traders, and local farmers, while also reducing the competitiveness of domestic rice due to inefficiencies in the distribution chain and post-harvest infrastructure. This study emphasizes the importance of data-based, transparent, and farmer-protective governance of rice import policies to strengthen national food security amid global trade liberalization pressures. hain, trade liberalization.

Economic growth is central to the economic life of all countries in the world, including countries in Asia that are trying to increase their economic growth by sending their workers abroad. Migrant workers or people who move to other countries to find work often send money back to their families and communities. The movement of funds from the country of employment back to the country of origin is known as remittances. Migration and remittances are crucial forces in reshaping the world economy, through the process of integration that increases the motivation of trade and financial inflows around the world with the movement of labor driving economic growth and social development. The results of the study indicate that remittances positively and significantly contribute to economic growth in the 10 highest remittance recipient countries in Asia. Likewise, the variables consumption and FDI and inflation  positive significant effect on economic growth in 10 Asian countries.