<![CDATA[Rice security is at the center of national defense because of the growing geopolitical unrest in the Asia-Pacific region, especially in the South China Sea, which puts Indonesia’s food supply at risk through marine channels. Using a Systematic Literature Review in accordance with PRISMA 2020, this study synthesizes 63 peer-reviewed articles, official documents, and institutional reports from Scopus, Web of Science, ProQuest, and regional databases to develop an integrated defense logistics strategy for Indonesian rice security. The synthesis looks at five interrelated factors: technological systems, local resource mobilization, strategic logistical reserves, logistics infrastructure, and regional decentralization. The results show five structural gaps between strategic doctrine and current capability: bureaucratic fragmentation that limits the effectiveness of the National Logistics Ecosystem; weak institutional arrangements for civil-military cooperation; uneven regional governance that restricts decentralized logistics; growing reliance on Perum BULOG as a food buffer following the underperformance of production-centric policies like the Food Estate program; and a digital divide that limits logistics resilience in peripheral regions. The study concludes that strengthening Indonesia’s food security requires closing these gaps through stronger regional governance, a strengthened and adequately funded BULOG, formal civil-military cooperation protocols, a dedicated national supply chain authority, and equitable investment in logistics digital infrastructure across Eastern Indonesia.]]>
