Empowerment Program for Cassava Farmers through Developing the Community Based-Agroindustries

Based on definition of food security from FAO (1996) and Laws of Indonesian Republic No. 7/1996, there are 4 components that must be considered in order to gain food security, they are sufficient food supplies; stability of food supplies without fluctuation from season to season or year to year, accessibility to food itself, quality/safety of food.

The issue of food security concept effected by the decreasing of capacity of domestic products with growth less than 1 % in average while the number of people is increasing to 1.2 % a year. In the other hand, the capacity of food production, land ownership and penguasaan farmers to effective technologies, tend to decrease.

Masyarakat Mandiri would like to contribute in order to support the national food security program through a program of Food Security Based on Cassva. An intensive technical assistance has been given to the community of cassava farmers in Kuningan, West Java, by strengthening the market network, by-products diversification and institutional management.
 

Achievement

• Establishment of local institution named Ikhtiar Swadaya Mitra Mandiri Barokah, functioning as pre-cooperation.
• This institution is built to increase the financial facility for cassava farmers. Other function is to manage the collective business of post-harvest production of cassava.
• Establishment of industry of sawut and cassava flour (mocaf)
• Market strengthening is done at the same time with the Public Campaign for Love The Local Food, especially the using of mocaf as substitute to wheat flour.

Period
1429 H / 2008

Location
Desa Cimaranten, Cipicung sub-District, Kuningan

Beneficiaries                
50 HH  250 Persons