Single Control Area Policy as a Threat to Food Security in West Lombok Regency
Tajidan Tajidan1- Halil Halil1- Muhamad Siddik- Sofwan Sofwan2- Dini Riska Yunidiya3

1Lecturer of Agribusiness in The Master^s Study Program, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mataram
2Lecturer of Low in The Graduate Study Program, Faculty of Low, University of Mataram
3Consultant of The National Land Agency in West Nusa Tenggara Province.
e-mail: tajidan[at]unram.ac.id

Abstract

The aim of the study was to modify the formulation of the carrying capacity index of sustainable food-agriculture land in accordance with the single control area policy in order to maintain self-sufficiency in rice food. Primary data collection used survey techniques, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions, while secondary data was obtained by applying the desk study literacy method. The data on the need for rice is projected from the total population multiplied by the average need for rice per person, while food supply is calculated from the product of the average land productivity and the gardening index per year The land carrying capacity index can be modified from the production needs approach to the paddy field area needs approach, and the land carrying capacity index can be used to analyze sustainable food needs. Food security in West Lombok Regency is again able to be self-sufficient in food until 2030, but because of the single control area policy, food self-sufficiency is threatened with riots and even the cropping index increases to 300%.

Keywords: capacity index, formulation, food-agricuture, planting index

Topic: Agricultural Socio-Economics