Food security index and livelihood assets of Pandaan District, Pasuruan Regency, Indonesia

Abstract

Food security is a situation that exists when everyone has physical, social and economic access to healthy, nutritious food that meets his/her dietary needs and dietary preferences, as well as active and healthy life. The data needed to measure the level of food security index are the availability of food, access to food, and the use of food. In addition to measuring the level of food security, this study also measured livelihood assets owned by the community. The data needed to measure the livelihood assets of the community are human assets, social assets, and economic assets. The method used in this research was descriptive quantitative with the result of the vulnerability index, CFA analysis (confirmation factor analysis) with the result of the subsistence asset building factors, and SEM analysis with the result of the relationship of latent variables between livelihood assets. The purpose of this study is to determine the level of food security, the factors that constitute livelihood assets, as well as the relationships between each component of livelihood assets. The results of the analysis showed that there are six villages in the food insecurity category. Livelihood assets in Pandaan consist of three assets, namely human assets (health, education, skills), social assets (relations between citizens and the intensity of conflicts) and economic assets (possession, savings, economic conditions and type of work). SEM’s results from Mplus analysis showed that each component of livelihood assets supports and maintains mutual relationships.