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

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  • Dany Juhandi

    (Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
    Agribusiness of Horticulture, Politeknik Wilmar Bisnis Indonesia, Deli Serdang 20371, 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)

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.

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  • Dany Juhandi & Dwidjono Hadi Darwanto & Masyhuri Masyhuri & Jangkung Handoyo Mulyo & Nugroho Adi Sasongko & Martin Anda & Tri Martini, 2023. "Farm Sustainability Assessment and Model: Achieving Food Security through the Food Estate Program in North Sumatra," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-13, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:12:y:2023:i:10:p:1833-:d:1247628
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