Farm Sustainability Assessment and Model: Achieving Food Security through the Food Estate Program in North Sumatra

Dany Juhandi (), Dwidjono Hadi Darwanto (), Masyhuri Masyhuri, Jangkung Handoyo Mulyo, Nugroho Adi Sasongko, Martin Anda and Tri Martini
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Dany Juhandi: Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
Dwidjono Hadi Darwanto: Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
Masyhuri Masyhuri: Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
Jangkung Handoyo Mulyo: Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
Nugroho Adi Sasongko: Research Center for Sustainable Production System and Life Cycle Assessment, National Research and Inovation (BRIN), Jakarta 10340, Indonesia
Martin Anda: College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
Tri Martini: Research Center for Sustainable Production System and Life Cycle Assessment, National Research and Inovation (BRIN), Jakarta 10340, Indonesia

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 10, 1-13

Abstract: Improving food crop production is critical for achieving food security. The Food Estate (FE) program initiated by the government seeks to accomplish this through extensive and intensive farming practices while taking sustainability into consideration. In this paper, a multidimensional scaling (MDS) approach to determine the status and model of agricultural sustainability of the FE program was adopted. Three scenarios were developed to improve the sustainability status based on primary data from interviews with 50 farmers in Ria-Ria Village, Pollung District, North Sumatra. The findings indicate that the farming status is at a moderate sustainability, and improving all aspects can significantly increase the sustainability value. The study suggests that the government should prioritize the improvement of all aspects to raise the sustainability status of FE farming in order to achieve food security.

Keywords: sustainable assessment; multidimensional scaling; Food Estate program (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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