Food security assessment in the coastal area of Demak Regency

International Conference on Environmental Resources Management in Global Region 2017

地球科学;生态环境科学

Harini, R.^1 ; Handayani, H.N.^1,2 ; Ramdani, F.R.^1,2

Department of Environmental Geography, Faculty of Geography, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia^1

Undergraduate Program of Environmental Geography, Faculty of Geography, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia^2

关键词: Coastal communities;    Elementary schools;    Food security;    Government agencies;    Junior high schools;    Local community;    Primary data;    Secondary datum;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/148/1/012015/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/148/1/012015

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Food security is an issue of national and global level. Food is a basic human need to live. Without food will threaten human life. This research was conducted in coastal area of Demak Regency. This research is to understand the potential of human resources, natural resources and assess the level of food security of coastal communities. The data used are primary data through interviews with the local community. Also used Secondary data from government agencies. Data analysis used qualitative and quantitative descriptive methods through graphs, tables and maps. The results showed that potential of human resources in Demak coastal area (Wedung, Purworejo, and Sidogemah villages) is low. It can be indicated from education level of respondents in Demak are elementary school and junior high school. Beside, total households income are about 2-4 million. This study found that the households sampled are 90% is food insecured households. The most of households in Demak coastal area are about 90% households include on insecurity food category.