Strategic Priorities of Poverty Alleviation and Reducing The Prevalence of Undernourishment in Central Java

Abstract

In the Draft Regional Regulation of the Central Java Province RPJPD 2025-2045, Central Java Province has a vision as a national food support. However, Central Java as a national food provider has a handful of food problems. According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the PoU value of Central Java has tended to increase since 2018. This means that the population of Central Java who consume substandard food is increasing every year. The increase in the PoU value in Central Java could be due to the high poverty rate in Central Java, which makes it unable to access food. This study aims to further analyze Central Java's strategy to maintain food security in order to reduce the poverty rate and PoU value. The analysis method uses Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) analysis with food security measurements from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), namely access, stability, utilization and availability. The results showed that Improving the quality of food crops (Rank 1; GW 0.145), Developing weather modification technology (Rank 2; GW 0.085) and On-farm and off-farm expansion (Rank 3; GW 0.085) are the top priority policy strategies that Central Java can do in reducing the PoU value and reducing poverty. Market guarantee (Rank 15; GW 0.023), Ease of distribution of food crops (Rank 14; GW 0.034), and Improving food market information and transparency (Rank 13; GW 0.034) can be used as supporting strategies to reduce the value of PoU and alleviate poverty in Central Java in the long term.