IAAS-Nasional Scientific Paper Competition on Agriculture (NSPCA)

REGIONAL FOOD INDEPENDENCY DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM WITH AGRIBUSINESS APPROACH AS THE SOLUTION OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY IMPROVEMENT*)

ABSTRACT

Mirna E., Mayang A., Fanny W. (2006)

Brawijaya University

The food problem is very crucial problem because it affects the national sovereignty and stability for the country. Therefore, it is important to establish the appropriate and complex food security by regional food independent development system with agribusiness approach. This development is based on the optimizing local product of food by considering the competitive and comparative value of every region. This method applied in this research is qualitative and using literature study as the data collecting technique. Therefore, this research uses the secondary data with the descriptive writing as the data analysis technique.

The national food security involved three important factors, which are the availability, distribution and consuming pattern. These three factors will be supported by the agribusiness system, whether from the up-stream agribusiness subsystem, down-stream and on farm. The revitalization process and the evaluation of this agribusiness system will be the process in achieving the food security.

The implemntation of this regional food independent development is conducted based on the agribusiness system approach in strategic management. This system is held by four bases elements. They are: (1) Observing the Condition of the Region, (2) Establishing the Strategy, (3) Strategy Implementation, and (4) Evaluating and Controlling. These four components are, then, adjusted with the basic factors in regional food independent development system with agribusiness approach. This system brings out the correlation between input, output, and the processes inside. Input in this system includes food potential data, social economy condition, society’s culture, and food problem in that region, derived from the observation of the region. While the research process which is included into the strategic establishment, production system development, marketing and processing, and the change of food consuming pattern that is included in strategy implementation. Finally, the expected output from this system is the society’s food security in certain region that is indicated by the society’s capability to access food, distribution, and the change of consuming pattern, also the other multiplier effect in the different aspects of life.

Keyword: regional food independent development system, agribusiness, strategic management, food security.

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*)  Juara III Lomba Karya Tulis Nasional Scientific Paper Competition on Agriculture (NSPCA) IAAS (2006)