Resumen de Food security of farmer households in Central Lombok Regency

Lalu Juntra Utama, Lalu Khairul Abdi, Lina Yunita, Baiq Eka Putri Saudia, Kiki Kristiandi, Astuti Nur

• Background: Food security is a key issue in fulfilling community welfare because it will determine a country’s economic, social, and political stability. Food security is a condition where food is met down to the individual level, reflectedin the availability of sufficient quantity and quality and safe,diverse, and affordable food. This research analyzed the status and situation of food security of farming households and examined the determinants of food security of farming households in Central Lombok Regency.

  Methods: The design of this research was a cross-sectional study; data collection was carried out in CentralLombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province. This research involved two groups of subjects: toddlers and mothers. The total number of subjects was 359, consisting of mothers and children. Subjects were taken at each community health center using a simple random method without replacement. All primary data was collected through an interview process using a structured questionnaire and directmeasurements. The analysis process for all types of data wascarried out with the help of the SPSS for Windows programwith the Pearson correlation test and One Way Anova test.

  Results: The intake of micronutrients for toddlers, includingVitamin C, iron, iodine, and calcium in Central Lombok Regency, is generally still insufficient; only vitamin A intake is categorized as sufficient on average. Intake of macronutrients,namely energy, protein, and carbohydrates, is generally above adequate; only fat intake is in the severe deficiency category.The majority of toddlers in Central Lombok Regency have goodweight, height, and nutritional status. Demographic conditions,including education and the number of family members in Central Lombok Regency, are related to the Food Insecurities Scale. In Central Lombok Regency, no significant relationship was found between HDDS and overcoming food insecurity.

  Conclusions: Even though the intake of micronutrients intoddlers is low, the majority have good nutritional status.Food security is related to demographic conditions, and income plays an important role in overcoming food insecurity.However, nutritional status is not directly influenced by household resources