The effect of rice field conversion and its impact on food availability in North Kalimantan Province

Abstract

Land use conversion has been well known as the important trigger of climate change issues. However, land use conversion phenomenon in North Kalimantan Province is getting greater to meet the population growth. To find out the effect of rice field conversion and its impacts on food availability, a study of changes in the rice field, changes in rice production, and the effect of changes in the rice field on North Kalimantan rice production were carried out. Quantitative methods of secondary data analysis were carried out to assess rice production and changes in rice field presented in frequency tables, graphs, and maps. Analysis of the effect of the rice field on rice production was carried out using linear regression analysis. The regression analysis shows a relationship between rice field conversion and rice production. This paper aims to examine the trend of broad change rice field, rice production and the effect of a rice field on rice production needs to be done to find a solution that suitable for solving these problems, especially in North Kalimantan Province. The results of calculation regression analysis rice field and rice production shows that in two regencies and one municipality there is significant influence (more 0.05) while for two regencies have no significant influence (with a significance level of less than 0.05) diminish in total area land to rice production. The amount of rice field with rice production in North Kalimantan Province shows that there is significant influence with significance value of 0.269 (more 0.05).