Relationship Analysis of the Proportion of Food Expenditures with Food Security in Farmer Households in North Aceh Regency
| Main Authors: | Praza, Riyandhi, Shamadiyah, Nurasih |
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| Format: | BookSection PeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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pusat penelitian dan pengabdian pada masyarakat Politeknik Pertanian Negeri Kupang
, 2019
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.ppnp.ac.id/627/1/Relationship%20Analysis%20of%20the%20Proportion%20of%20Food%20Expenditures%20with%20Food%20Security%20in%20Farmer%20Households%20in%20North%20Aceh%20Regency.pdf http://repository.ppnp.ac.id/627/ |
Daftar Isi:
- The share of food expenditure is inversely related to food security, the greater the share of food expenditure, the lower the resilience of the household concerned. Income is one of the factors that determine household consumption patterns. Higher incomes indicate increased purchasing goods and increased accessibility to better quality food. North Aceh Regency is a potential district for food insecurity. Most of the sub-districts in the North Aceh Regency depend on the agriculture sector as a source of livelihood. This research was conducted in 3 districts, namely Baktiya, Sawang, and Lhoksukon with a sample of 60 rice farmers. This study aims to find out: (1) knowing the proportion of food expenditure to the total expenditure of farm households by income group, (2) knowing the level of food consumption (energy and protein) of North farmer households based on income strata and (3) analyzing the conditions of household food security farmers according to income groups. The results show from the share of expenditure equations obtained the percentage of food security of farm households in North Aceh District describes those farmer households that secure food are 25 farmers (41.67%) of the total sample. Furthermore, there were one farmer households with lack of food category of 1 farmer (1.67%), two farmer households with a food vulnerable category of 2 farmers (3.33%), and a farmer with a food insecurity category of 32 farmers (53,33%) of the total study sample. It is indicated that farmers who have low incomes are in the food insecurity category.