Abstract
Sragen Regency is one of the food barn areas in Central Java Province. Along with the population growth and development activities, the need for land is increased. Meanwhile, the availability of land remains still. This gap can lead to rice field conversion. In the long term, rice field conversion can affect food security. Therefore, the research was conducted to (1) determine rice field conversion’s rate, (2) affecting factors, (3) its impact on food security in Sragen Regency. The results showed that the rice field conversion’s rate in Sragen Regency fluctuated by an average of 0.13% per year. The results of multiple linear regression showed that the amount of Gross Regional Domestic Product, total population, the number of industries, building and yard area, and the number of schools simultaneously affect the rice field conversion. Furthermore, the amount of Gross Regional Domestic Product, total population, and number of schools also affect partially. The impact of the rice field conversion was the loss of rice production by 6,147.40 tons. However, according to surplus-deficit analysis, food security in Sragen Regency is a surplus, which means that it is resistant even though there is rice field conversion.
Highlights
The importance of land to fulfill human needs is increasing, while the availability of land remains
Land conversion is an activity of changing the function of part or all of the land area from its original function to another function [2]
Agricultural land is the most widely used land for land conversion activities. This can happen because the land area in the agricultural sector is relatively more extensive than the other sectors, so that agricultural land is considered very potential for land conversion for the non-agricultural sector [3]
Summary
The importance of land to fulfill human needs is increasing, while the availability of land remains (does not increase). Land conversion is an activity of changing the function of part or all of the land area from its original function to another function [2]. Land conversion occurs along with the development of the area. The agricultural, forestry and fisheries sectors rank after the industrial and trade sectors [4]. This can encourage agricultural land conversion to other sectors. Another factor that encourages land conversion is the increase in the population [5]. Population growth can increase land needs, such as settlements, industrial development,. In Sragen Regency, there is still a rice field conversion. Sragen Regency has lost 396.52 hectares of lowland agricultural land in 10 years [4]
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