Ketahanan Pangan Rumah Tangga Petani Penghasil Beras Organik

Abstract

Organic farming is very emphasized in using local input and decreasing external input. Therefore, farmers, who applied organic farming, were expected having a chance to increase their access of food. The study was designed to analyze level of household food security of farmers who yielding organic rice and identify landholding that supporting household food security. For that purposes, 61 samples of household were selected from farming households whose practicing organic farming in Ciburuy Village, Bogor Regency. The gathered data are including data on landholding, working capital, cooperation, education, purposes of practicing on organic farming, wasted management, knowledge of organic farming, organic rice productivity, income, food consumption and level of household food security. Food consumption is recalled in 1 X 24 hours and food frequency (weekly, monthly, and yearly) is used to obtain food consumption data. Household food security was determined based on level of energy consumption. Landholding that supporting household food security is determined based on rice consumption and household productivity. The analyses result of household food security showed that 85.2% of households were secure and 14.8% were insecure. Variables that significantly influenced household food security were income, knowledge of organic farming, organic rice productivity, purposes of practicing on organic farming, landholding, and waste management. Pearson correlation analyses showed that income, knowledge of organic farming, organic rice productivity, and landholding had significant effect toward household food security. Spearman correlation analyses showed that purposes of practicing on organic farming and waste management had significant association with household food security too. Based on daily average of energy sufficiency, land-man ratio should be 318 m2/person.