Household food security of women farming group members in city and village during the Covid-19 pandemic in Lampung Province

Abstract

This research aims to analyse the food security level and the influencing factors on household (HH) food security level of the Women Farming Group (WFG) members in the City and Village in Lampung Province. The village of Sumber Agung, Kemiling District, Bandar Lampung City and The Village of Giri Tunggal, North Pagelaran District, Pringsewu Regency were chosen as the research location. There were 60 HHs of WFG member involved as research samples. Data collection was carried out in 2021 when the Covid-19 pandemic was still occurring. The FSL in this study was analysed by cross-classifying between the level of energy adequacy and the percentage of food expenditure. Factors affecting HHs' food security level were analysed using the logit loglinear analysis. The results showed that both in the city and in the village the majority of HHs (>50%) were categorized as food secure. Some HHs were less food secure (30%), vulnerable (10%) and food insecure (7%) in the city, while in the village there were HHs that are food vulnerable (37%). Factors that affect FSL were the quantity of HHs' members, the tempeh price, age of wife and location.