ISSN: 0852-0682. EISSN: 2460-3945 )RUXP*HRJUDA9RO -XO\ '2,IRUJHRYL AU$XWKRU V &&%<1&1'$WWULEXWLRQ/LFHQVH Local Food Potentials and Agroecology in Yogyakarta Special Province. Indonesia Dodi Widiyanto Graduate School of Environmental Studies. Nagoya University. Furo-cho. Chikusa-ku. Nagoya, 464-8601. Japan. The Faculty of Geography. Universitas Gadjah Mada. Jl. Kaliurang Km. 5 Bulaksumur. Sleman. Yogyakarta 55281. Indonesia. Corresponding author . -mail: dodi. widiyanto@ugm. Received: 27 February 2019 / Accepted: 30 July 2019 / Published: 01 August 2019 Abstract. This paper attempts to unveil the hidden potential of the local food through local IRRGPDSSLQJGUDZLQJORFDOIRRGSRWHQWLDOEDVHGRQWKHAWULSOHEXUGHQAAWKHRU\IURP3URIHVVRU 0RHUGLMDWL *DUGMLWR $Q LQGH[ FDOOHG ALQGH[ RI IRRG UHORFDOLVDWLRQAA LV DGRSWHG DQG WKHQ PRGLyAHGLQWRGLIIHUHQWQDPHFDOOHGORFDOIRRGLQGH[GXHWRGDWDDYDLODELOLW\ZKLFKLVH[SHFWHG to provide a geographical location of the local food potential by proposing a research questions: where do the local food potentials distribute in Yogyakarta Special Province, and why the ORFDOIRRGSRWHQWLDOVORFDWHGLQWKDWSDUWLFXODUDUHD V "7KHyAQGLQJVVKRZWKDW*XQXQJNLGXO and Kulonprogo are two potential regencies with their local food crops availabilities This yAQGLQJLVDFFRPSDQLHGE\DQH[SODQDWLRQIURPWKHDQDO\VLVIURPWKHDJURHFRORJLFDOVXE]RQH and spatial income distribution of paddy and second crops, production activities. Keywords: KLGGHQ SRWHQWLDO AWULSOH EXUGHQAA ORFDO IRRG LQGH[ FURVVWDEXODWLRQ PDWUL[ Abstrak. 3DSHU LQL EHUXSD\D XQWXN PHQ\LQJNDS WDELU ASRWHQVL WHUVHPEXQ\LAA GDUL SDQJDQ ORNDO GHQJDQ FDUD PHPHWDNDQ SRWHQVL SDQJDQ ORNDO EHUGDVDUNDQ WHRUL AWULSOH EXUGHQAA sebagaimana yang diajukan oleh Profesor Moerdijati Gardjito. Penelitian ini juga mengadopsi sebuah indeks: index of food relocalisation GDQ NHPXGLDQ GLPRGLyANDVL GHQJDQ QDPD LQGHNV pangan lokal dikarenakan alasan ketersediaan data. Pertanyaan penelitian utama dari kajian ini adalah dimanakah distribusi potensi pangan lokal di Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY)? Selanjutnya, pertanyaan kunci tersebut dilengkapi dengan pertanyaan berikutnya: mengapa potensi potensi pangan lokal tersebut terkonsentrasi di tempat tersebut? Temuan dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa Kabupaten Gunungkidul dan Kulonprogo adalah dua kabupaten dengan potensi pangan lokal tertinggi di DIY. Penelitian ini juga dilengkapi dengan kajian agroekologi dan distribusi keruangan pendapatan menurut usaha padi dan Kata kunci: SRWHQVLWHUVHPEXQ\LAWULSOHEXUGHQAALQGHNVSDQJDQORNDOPDWULNVWDEHOVLODQJ Introduction According to the data from Badan Ketahanan Pangan Kementerian Pertanian (Food Security Agency of the Ministry of Agricultur. Kompas reports that Indonesia stands for the second richest country for the food potentials due to the availability of 77 types of carbohydratefood crops, 75 kinds of fat, 26 types of nuts, 389 fruits, 228 types of vegetables and 110 kinds of spices (Kompas, 2. However, even though Indonesia has various food resources, rice is the most favoured food choice compared to others Local Food Potentials. (Widiyant. (Sumedi & Heriawan, 2. The Indonesian long-term habits of rice consumption will not easily change because of Indonesian cultural and psychological perspective (Sumedi & Heriawan, 2. It is common that most the Indonesian felt not to meal if they do not eat rice (GardjitoM. Djuwardi, & Harmayani, 2. According to Rahardjo and Ritohardoyo . , most Indonesian depend on rice not only for their staple food but also their livelihood. Moreover. Rahardjo and Ritohardoyo explain that the rice dependency causes several problems on the food systems, such as on the production, consumption, distribution, monitoring, estimation and data validity (Rahardjo & Ritohardoyo, 2. Harian Jogja . regional newspape. reports that rice production is abundant in Yogyakarta Special Province (Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, hereafter DIY) (Mustika. Sunartono, & Saraswati, 2. However. Food Security Agency & Extension DIY (BKPP DIY) calculates that there is a decline in rice production and LQFUHDVHLQULFHFRQVXPSWLRQGXULQJWKHODVWyAYH years (Mustika et al. , 2. Following the trend of DIYAos rice production and consumption, and using information provided by BKPP DIY. Mustika et al. estimate that by 2027 the DIYAos ULFH SURGXFWLRQ ZLOO QRW DGHTXDWH WR IXOyAO WKH inhabitants rice consumption (Mustika et al. The gap between rice production and consumption in DIY will perhaps bring about a food crisis in 2037 based on BKPP DIY prediction (Kedaulatan Rakyat, 2. In order to avoid food insecurity, malnutrition or food crisis, 33',