COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT IN THE EFFORT OF IMPROVING SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURITY SYSTEMS IN PEKANBARU CITY

The purpose of this study is to identify the conditions of community empowerment in food security, as well as to analyze community empowerment schemes in strengthening the sustainable food security system in Pekanbaru. This research is a descriptive-analytic study that was used to get a systematic, factual, and accurate picture. This research used interviews, observation, and a documentation study method. The results showed that food security and food availability in Pekanbaru in 2022 increased, as evidenced by the value of the Food Security Index (IKP) of Pekanbaru City in 2022 with a score of 90.56. This shows that the Pekanbaru City Government is committed to strengthening food security. It is hoped that Pekanbaru's human resources are healthy, active, productive, competitive, and smart people. IKP is one of the Main Performance Indicators of the Pekanbaru City Government that has been set in the 2017-2022 RPJMD to realize the 4th mission of the 5 missions of Pekanbaru City, that is, realizing economic development based on a people's economy and a capital-intensive economy, in three leading sectors, namely services, trade, and industry. Regarding the condition of community empowerment in a sustainable food security system in Pekanbaru City, this remains a strategic activity to maintain the productivity of farmers and food business actors who are members of the Kelompok Tani/Kelompok Wanita Tani (KWT) through strengthening the Kawasan Mandiri Pangan (KAMAPAN) and Pekarangan Pangan Lestari (P2L).