ARMY EMPOWERMENT ON AGRICULTURAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY SUSTAINABLY IN PUJON, MALANG.

The research purposes of this study are as follows; 1) Analyzing Factors Influencing the Sustainability of National Army from Kodim 0818 in supporting food security in Malang Regency, 2) Creating Soldiers Strategy of National Army from Kodim 0818 in supporting food security in Malang Regency. This research uses descriptive-analytical method with quantitative approach. This method was chosen to obtain a clear and detailed description of the research issues and the phenomena under study. Thus expected to be constructed a construction which later can be used as model or recommendation material in decision making. The sampling technique used in this study is the total sampling technique because the samples taken are all members of Army from Kodim 0818 Malang who follow National Defence education to improve food security at Pujon as much as 80 people. To obtain data about leadership, communication, reward and motivation and employee performance used data collection method of questionnaire focus assisted by observation, interview technique (interview guide) and documentation technique. While data collection techniques was used Questionnaire, Observation, Documentation and Interview. This research uses qualitative analysis technique with descriptive analysis approach. Meanwhile, to analyze the Sustainability uses Analyzer Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) as a Sustainability measurement Tool. The results showed that: 1). Factors that affecting Soldiers Sustainability is the natural capital that is the availability of food raw materials both agricultural and livestock and financial capital owned by the community in Pujon district both factors have a positive influence on agricultural sustainability in realizing food security by 80%. 2). Strategy that must be done in the realization of sustainable agriculture is to make food security program in 4 aspects ie in ecology supervise / control the use of chemical fertilizers and assist farmer extension in processing high biogas methane gas. The economic policy undertaken is to assist agricultural extension officers and agricultural agencies in providing insight into obtaining and obtaining capital with light collateral to increase agricultural population and productivity. In the institutional dimension where TNI-AD assisted to activate the performance of farmer-livestock groups in Pujon sub-district.