Review Of Food Security System Based On Forest Community Knowledge

Food is a part of human rights. Food security ultimately determines the dignity of the nation itself. Indonesia has diverse tribes who living around the forest, each of which allegedly has its own food security. The purpose of this paper is to study the regional food security system which can be used as the basis to develop a national food security system. Through literature review of several scientific and popular articles, obtained several examples of traditional community food security system in Indonesia. This paper describes the food security system of the tribes that could sustainable manage forest ecosystem. Proceeding INAFOR 2011 International Conference of Indonesia Forestry Researcher ‘Strengthening Forest Science and Technology for Better Forestry Development’. Ministry of forestry, Forest Research and Development Agency, Bogor 5-7 December 2011. Hal. 1125-1130 ISBN 978-979-8452-45-1