Cartography And Management Of Food-Insecure Areas In Garut

Rina Rifqie Mariana, Mohammad Efendi, Malizal Widaningsih

doi:10.17762/turcomat.v12i5.992

Abstract

The objective of this research was to investigate the situation of food insecurity and its handling in Garut District, West Java, Indonesia. An analysis based on the national food insecurity indicators and the Food Insecurity Atlas has identified food-insecure areas, resulting in nine indicators reflecting the three pillars of food security, i.e.,food availability, access to food, and use of food. Results on food insecurity status show that priority 1 belongs to the nine villages under study 1. The local government has imposed five policies to address food insecurity, i.e., 1) setting up a monthly program called the Food and Nutrition Security System, 2) direct assistance in the form of food staples, 3) developing the Food Security and Vulnerability Atlas, 4) improving food access, and 5) developing self-sufficient villages. These attempts are quite efficient. After three years, more areas have moved from Priority 1 to Priority 3 in food security.

Highlights

Food is a basic entitlement that can determine human life quality(Beddington et al, 2012)
The agricultural sector is dominatedby food crops followed by plantations, livestock, forestry, and fisheries (BPS, 2014).Despite the excellence, several villages in GarutDistrictare still classified as food insecure areas.There are nine villages categorized in Priority 1—towns considered the most vulnerable to food insecuritymeasured based on the nine indicators above
Data collection was done through the following steps: (1) Documentation in 2016 from the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), village offices and Food Security Agency (BKP) of GarutDistrict; (2) Interviews with stakeholders including the community to explore information on indicators of food insecurity in the region and to follow up the documents available at BPS, BKP, or village offices; (3) Direct observation by recordingthe facilities, infrastructure, agricultural conditions of the areas under study systematically; (4) Questionnaires were administered to residents of the areas under study to elicit information about poverty and other relevant information

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Introduction

Food is a basic entitlement that can determine human life quality(Beddington et al, 2012). A very fertile region called Andhra Pradesh eventually faced a problem of severe food shortage due to a massive conversion of agricultural land for housing and industrial purposes(Brown, 2005). This condition occurred because there was a fatal error in the policy setting. Indonesia's diversity and wealth of natural resources support healthy food consumption and balanced nutrient intake. The is in line with Bishwajit et al(2013), stating that food security can be improved if people have physical, social, and economic access to adequate and nutritious food to support healthy and productive living. The agricultural sector is dominatedby food crops followed by plantations, livestock, forestry, and fisheries (BPS, 2014).Despite the excellence, several villages in GarutDistrictare still classified as food insecure areas.There are nine villages categorized in Priority 1—towns considered the most vulnerable to food insecuritymeasured based on the nine indicators above

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