Indonesian Household Demand of Basic Animal Proteins and Their relationship with Food Security and Dietary Diversity
Fitrotul Laili (a*), Ratya Anindita (b), Nur Baladina (c)

Socio-Economics Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Brawijaya
Jalan Veteran, Malang 65145, Indonesia

Abstract

The consumption patterns of Indonesian households are around 85% derived from vegetable proteins and 15% from animal proteins. Furthermore, low-income households often find it difficult to fulfill their energy and protein needs. Although it is accepted that the effectiveness of research on shifts in food consumption puts a great deal of focus on the effect of prices and expenditure, income, and population growth, none have assessed the relationship with food security and dietary diversity. The aim of this research is to develop an econometric model on basic animal food demand and how they will affect food security and dietary diversity. The Linear Expenditure System (LES) was chosen as an approach to describing the demand for food commodities from basic animal protein sources using SUSENAS data for the 2019 enumeration period. This research shows that the price elasticity of the basic animal protein sources of food commodities shows that all commodities are inelastic. While changes in the relationship between basic animal food commodities reflect an overall shift in the consumption of society towards basic animal food commodities themselves. That is attributable to the beginning of the communitys diversification of food. In addition, changes in demographics, such as the level of education, the level of urbanization and the level of participation of women in the workforce, are due to advances in communication and technology, as well as the influence of consumer tastes which lead to a transformation of food security and dietary diversity preferences.

Keywords: Consumption Behavior; Demand Elasticity; Food Security; Dietary Diversity; Basic Animal Protein Source Commodity

Topic: FOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY