Abstract
Abstract
Food security has always been a crucial issue throughout the ages. Therefore, food security is a target that must be completed by 2030 in the sustainable development program launched by the United Nations. Kampung Cireundeu people have a habit on consuming cassava as a staple food, and it received an award for an independent food village in 2007. The purpose of the study is to determine the geographical factors that influence the people of Kampung Cireundeu to use cassava as food. The data collection method used were interviews, literature study, and documentation. The data analysed and described qualitatively. The results showed that this area had experienced drought almost every year. It also had undulating topography. This condition was not suitable for planting rice, except cassava. This finally prompted the people in Kampung Cireudeu to eat cassava rice, known as rasi. They also had several principles as their belief in consuming rasi. One of them was “Teu Nyawah Asal Boga Pare, Teu Boga Pare Asal Boga Beas, Teu Boga Beas Asal Bisa Nyangu, Teu Nyangu Asal Dahar, Teu Dahar Asal Kuat” (Don’t cultivate rice fields as long as you have paddy. It is ok to not have paddy, as long as you have rice. It is ok to not have rice, as long as you can cook. Do not cook as long as you can eat. Then, do not eat as long as you are strong). Unfortunately, their tradition in consuming cassava began to weaken. It was because the increase of accessibility and higher mobility of the younger generation.