Optimizing social economic factors which affect food security to support Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Abstract

Efforts to reduce hunger continue to face significant challenges. A strategic plan is needed to improve food security. This study aims to describe the implementation of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) to improve rice food security and analyze socio-economic factors that affect food security in South Sumatra Province by analyzing secondary data in South Sumatra Province. The analytical method uses multiple linear regression. The data are taken from the Food Security Agency and the South Sumatra Regional Development Planning Agency. The results showed that the condition of food security in South Sumatra for the past 24 years has experienced ups and downs caused by various disasters such as fires and floods that cause crop failure. Socio-economic factors that have a significant effect on food security in South Sumatra include per capita spending on food and the number of poor communities, and factors that do not have a significant effect are rice prices, the average length of schooling, and per capita rice consumption. By focusing on community development to exclude the poor, there needs to be active participation from the community in participating in several existing programs. This study expands on previous research by identifying additional socio-economic factors influencing food security.