Problems of Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) in The Agriculture Sector in The Digital Era Towards National Food Security

Abstract

The food crisis is a very big global problem because it is related to the livelihood of many people. This problem is closely related to agriculture. Agriculture is an activity of utilizing biological resources to meet food needs starting from land processing, planting, gathering, maintenance to harvest and post-harvest. Agriculture is the most important sector in maintaining food security or it can also be defined as a condition of fulfilling food for every household which is reflected in the availability of sufficient food, both in quantity and quality, safe, evenly distributed and affordable. Agriculture is a source of life for every country in the world. from the past until today. This can be seen from every development of human civilization where agriculture has always had a crucial role or even been the cause of a civilization that can progress and develop. Every country has different problems related to agriculture. As time progresses, the world's population increases, accompanied by the construction of housing and public facilities, on the other hand, there is less and less agricultural land due to this development. In addition there are several other problems such as the difficulty of regeneration of farmers, the distribution system and access to capital. This requires an innovation in order to adapt to the digitalera to be able to solve these problems.