Collaborative Governance of the Food Security Program in Garut Regency, West Java Province

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the Collaborative Governance of the food security program in Garut Regency, West Java, and to formulate a model for Collaborative Governance in the food security program in Garut Regency, West Java. The theory used to analyze the Collaborative Governance of the food security program in Garut Regency is based on the perspective of Ansell and Gash (2007), which views the collaborative governance process from the dimensions of face-to-face dialogue, trust building, commitment to process, shared understanding, and intermediate outcomes. The research method used in this study is qualitative descriptive, where primary data is obtained through interviews and observations with purposively selected informants, including officers from the Indonesian National Army (TNI-AD) Headquarters and Kodim 0611, Garut Regency Government OPD (Regional Apparatus Organizations), community members, private sector representatives, and academics. The research findings indicate that: 1) Collaborative governance in the food security program in West Java is carried out by the Garut Regency Government, the community that manages agricultural land, the private sector that assists with distribution, seed provision, and the distribution of harvests, and the Indonesian National Army (TNI-AD), which helps provide pumps and supplies irrigation pipes and wells. Collaborative governance in the implementation of the food security program is not yet optimal based on the dimensions of face-to-face dialogue, trust building, commitment to the collaborative process, shared understanding, and intermediate outcomes, which have not been fully implemented; 2) The supporting factors for collaborative governance are the strong commitment from both the central and regional governments, and the significant potential of natural resources and land, while the inhibiting factors include suboptimal coordination among agencies, limited human resources and budget, complex bureaucracy, environmental factors and climate change, and the lack of synchronization between central and regional policies; 3) The researcher formulated the IALS Collaborative Governance Model for Food Security, which is developed from the Ansell and Gash (2007) model, and is believed to optimize collaborative governance in the implementation of food security in Garut Regency. The novelty of the model lies in the need to add the dimensions of legality, accountability, sustainability, and inclusive participation to the collaborative governance model in order to enhance the capacity and involvement of various collaboration actors specifically, and to optimize collaborative governance as a whole..