The analysis of dietary diversity and food insecurity experience of urban farmers’ households in Bandung City

Abstract

More than 96% of Bandung City's food sources came from outside Bandung City and put Bandung as a food insecure city. One of the Bandung City Government's strategies was to increase the availability and access of food through urban farming. This research aimed to examine the household food security of urban farmers’ families through the dietary diversity and food insecurity experiences. In this paper, the samples were all 12 P2L (Pekarangan Pangan Lestari/Sustainable Food Garden) groups in Bandung City as well as 13 groups of Buruan SAE located in the same sub-district as the P2L groups. The comparison method was carried out based on HDDS (Household Dietary Diversity Scale) questionnaire and FIES (Food Insecurity Experience Scale) prevalence between the P2L group and the Buruan SAE group. The result showed that both urban farming groups had high HDDS scores (>6 types of food consumed). Based on the prevalence of FIES, there are 38.45% of the Buruan SAE group with mildly food insecure status, higher than the P2L group which is 16.67%. This can be caused by the biodiversity of agricultural land, household income and land ownership status.