摘要：This study aims at identifying the characteristic of the local resources regarding to the sustainable food self-sufficiency in East Java as well as arranging policy strategy of regional government of East Java to achieve the sustainable food self-sufficiency. The study is carried out in Madiun and Nganjuk regencies in East Java. The two regencies are chosen as they are the food buffering area for other regencies in East Java. The study is conducted in eight months, from March to October 2015. The research finding shows that the regional characteristic in the local resources-based sustainable food self-sufficiency in East Java has been surplus in terms of rice which is 4.403.553 tons; corn which is 6.095.325 tons; meat which is 146.448 tons; and egg which is 29.147 tons. The availability of energy total consumed by East Java citizens in 2014 is 3.589 kcal/cap/day or 149.54 % out of the Recommended Dietary Allowance which is 2.400 kcal/cap/day. The availability of energy in 2014 is dominated by vegetable (96.91 %) and animals (3.09 %). If compared to the Recommended Dietary Allowance in 2012, the decrease is 967 kcal/cap/day or 21.22 %. The strategy of the regional government to maintain the local food security to be the imported-rice free is encouraging the food reserve development, enhancing the food distribution system, fostering the consumption diversification, monitoring fresh food, conducting citizen empowerment action program to solve the food security issue, and synchronizing the action program funding among the state budget, regional government budget, and citizen fund in East Java.
