The Study of Food Insecurity and Food Supply in Gunungkidul Regency Indonesia

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors causing food insecurity and the condition of household food reserves in Gunungkidul Regency. The research location was determined purposively, in Watugajah Village and Tegalrejo Village, Gedangsari Subdistrict and Girikarto Village, Panggang Subdistrict, based on the Map of Potential Food and Nutrition Potential in Gunungkidul Regency in 2017 which stated that the three villages were food insecure villages. The data used in this study consisted of primary data and secondary data. The data analysis method in this study uses descriptive analysis with qualitative and quantitative approaches, to calculate the utilization ratio of agricultural products used as food reserves. The results of the study concluded that the factors causing food insecurity in Gunungkidul Regency in the aspect of food access were among others due to low purchasing power, inadequate educational facilities, low education, distance from growth centers far and limited economic facilities. These factors cause high unemployment rates which in turn causes people's access to obtain food very limited. While the factors causing food insecurity in the aspect of food utilization include the availability of staple food, the level of consumption of nutrients, environmental sanitation hygiene, the level of income and the level of parental education. The results of the analysis of household food reserves concluded that 47, 37 percent of agricultural production results in farm households are stored or used as food reserves. In addition, farm households use food production as consumption, for sale, social giving, seeds, and animal feed.