Mapping the distribution network of a government non-cash food assistance in Kulon Progo Regency using geospatial information system

Abstract

Indonesia government provides non-cash food assistance to people. Every household gets rice and egg in the equivalent of IDR 110,000 per month. In Kulon Progo Regency, the number of recipients amounted to around 53,000 households. Rice and eggs to be distributed should come from local farmers and breeders. The delivery is conducted by e-Warong, a community-owned small kiosk. However, the location of rice supplier and e-Warong have not been known. This paper aims to describe the mapping of these parties and analyze their spatial implication. The following geospatial data: administrative boundary, road network, and digital elevation model (DEM). List of recipients, e-Warong and Gapoktan were provided by the Social Agency of Kulon Progo Regency. Mobile Topographer apps were used to map the location of 13 rice suppliers, 111 e-Warongs, and parts of household recipients. Egg suppliers are not mapped because for each month each E-Warong can change suppliers, adjusting the availability of eggs. They were processed using spatial analysis operation. The result is maps of the distribution network and service area. Spatially and visually, the inequality of the distribution network is evident. This inequality is caused by distance and topography, factors that were not visible in the textual data currently in used. Where the E-Warong area in the northern part of the district is a plateau or hilly which makes mobility more difficult than E-Warong in the southern part which is a lowland. GIS has been used to create maps of the distribution network in visually attractive and spatially descriptive models.