Murniati, Ktut and Widjaya, Sudarma and Rabiatul Adawiyah, RA and Listiana, Indah (2020) CASSAVA PRODUCTION AND FOOD SECURITY OF CASSAVA FARMERS’ HOUSEHOLD, LAMPUNG, INDONESIA. Plant Archives (International Journal of Plant Research), 20 (2). pp. 1764-1768. ISSN 2581-6063

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Abstract

Cassava is one of staple food as a substitute of rice that can be consumed by society, in order to increase food diversification especially in reducing people dependence on rice. The purpose of this study is to analyze the performance of cassava farming, and the level of farmer’s household food security of cassava farming. The research was conducted in Terusan Nunyai Sub-district, Central Lampung Regency. The location is chosen purposively because the area is the center of cassava production in Lampung Province. Respondents in this study were 66 cassava farmers selected by simple random sampling. Data were analyzed descriptively using profit analysis, R/C ratio, and cross tabulation analysis between food expenditure share and energy consumption to see food security level. The results showed that cassava farming was profitable with the R / C ratio of total cost of 1.15. The contribution of cassava farming to total farmers household income was 70.38%. The share of household food expenditure is relatively high (59.25%) and the share of non-food expenditure is low (40.75%) to total expenditure. The majority of food security level of cassava farmers household were categorized as vulnerable (31.82%), food insecure (24.24%), less secure (25.76%), and only 18.18% households are in food secure category

Item Type: Article
Subjects: S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Divisions: Fakultas Pertanian (FP) > Prodi Agribisnis
Depositing User: KTUT MURNI
Date Deposited: 17 Nov 2020 01:01
Last Modified: 17 Nov 2020 01:01
URI: http://repository.lppm.unila.ac.id/id/eprint/25650

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