Building the food self sufficiency is the best strategy to get out from the food crisis. This study aims to describe the supporting factors for food self-sufficiency in Batu city. Sampling was carried out using a purposive sampling method as many as 52 farmers or breeders and 11 farmer or livestock groups. The results of the research show that 1). The linkage of production factors according to natural resources in the form of land area has the high linkages with food independence/ self

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... cy, as well as the experience of farminglivestock business and the use of capital itself has a high linkage to the food independence/self-sufficiency of the livestock subsector 2). The nature of innovation in the form of conformity, complexity, and easy to see results have a moderate linkage with food independence/ self-sufficiency in the livestock subsector 3). Food quality factors assessed according to packaging, halal quality assurance and post-harvest have high linkages to food independence in the livestock sub-sector in Batu City in terms of availability, stability of availability, affordability, security, and dependency of the food. 4). The factor of community empowerment obtained that non-formal education, capital aid and assistance together have high linkages with food independence in the availability, stability of availability, affordability, security, and dependency of the food in Batu City. KEY WORDS Livestock sub sector, food self-sufficiency, strategy, halal.