Factors affecting the food security and community welfare of farmer households in Sumatera, Indonesia
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/WJSTSD-10-2017-0037 |
| Pages | 200-212 |
| Date | 03 April 2018 |
| Published date | 03 April 2018 |
| Author | Srinita |
Factors affecting the food
security and community welfare
of farmer households
in Sumatera, Indonesia
Srinita
Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Abstract
Purpose –The purpose of this paper is to examine and analyze the factors of availability, access, and
absorption affecting the level of food security and its impact on the community welfare.
Design/methodology/approach –This study focuses on food security and community welfare in all
provinces in Sumatra. Available data are obtained from sustainable development goals (SDGs) data in 2015
(Badan Pusat Statistik,2016), with the district/cityin Sumatra as unit analysis,with the number of samples 152
districts/cities.The causal relations between variables (the relationship between availability (X1), accessibility
(X2), and absorption(X3) and effect of food security(Y1), and the relationship betweenfood security (Y1) and
communitywelfare (Y2)) were examinedusing covariance-based structuralequation modelingusing WarpPLS.
Findings –The conclusionof this study shows that the availability, accessibility,and absorption statistically
influence thefood security. On the other hand, thefood security statistically influences the communitywelfare.
Originality/value –Until now thereis no previous research thatbrings food security factorsintegrated with
the communitywelfare, andno one has studied the fullmodeling on the Sumatra,Indonesia, and theuse of SDGs
data intact considering the new data of 2015SDGs collected replacing the millennium developmentgoals data.
Keywords Availability, Accessibility, Food security, Absorption, Community welfare
Paper type Research paper
1. Introduction
Food security is different from food availability. Sufficient food availability means adequate
food, not only in terms of rice but also food derived from plants, poultry, and fish (Suryana,
2003). Food security is not about food self-sufficiency as well. Self-sufficiency of food is
generally an achievement of increasing food availability within the territory of a nation,
while food security prioritizes the access of individuals to obtain nutritious food for health
and productivity (Hanani, 2009). Law No. 7 of 1996 stipulates that food security is a
condition where there is an adequate availability of safe, equitable, and affordable food
(both in terms of quality and quantity). Based on this definition, food security must: consider
the time dimension that food is available and accessible at any time; emphasize access of
households and individuals to food, either physical, economical, or social one; and be
oriented to the fulfillment of nutrition. In doing so, the achievement of food security of a
region is not only determined by the factor of food availability, but also by other factors.
Based on the National Food Insecurity Atlas for Indonesia 2015, from 265 districts in
Indonesia in 2013, food insecurity was identified in 100 districts as the variables that
indicate food insecurity in these regencies had high scores, either for availability,
accessibility, or absorption of food. As a result, it is imperative that those regencies need to
get priority in attempts to deal with food insecurity. However, it should be noted that of the
100 districts indicated to suffer from food insecurity, food surplus was indicated in 47
districts only (DKP, 2015).
Based on the publication of the FoodSecurity and VulnerabilityAtlas in 2009, 346 districts
in Indonesia in 2007 could be classified into six priority groups in relation to the attempt to
cope with food insecurity. This classification was basedon variables causing vulnerabilityof
World Journal of Science,
Technology and Sustainable
Development
Vol. 15 No. 2, 2018
pp. 200-212
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