Research Article
Food Diversification as an Effort to Achieve Food Sovereignty at Nusa Tenggara Barat
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.10-8-2022.2338977, author={Ai Siti Nur Assiyah and Arum Putri Kirani and Angele Putri Octavia and Rai Sita}, title={Food Diversification as an Effort to Achieve Food Sovereignty at Nusa Tenggara Barat}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Rural Socio-Economic Transformation: A Transdisciplinary Approach for Promoting Sustainable, Resilience, and Just Rural Transitions in the Era of Climate Crisis, RUSET 2022, 10-11 August 2022, Bogor, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={RUSET}, year={2023}, month={11}, keywords={dependence food food diversification rice sweet potato}, doi={10.4108/eai.10-8-2022.2338977} }- Ai Siti Nur Assiyah
Arum Putri Kirani
Angele Putri Octavia
Rai Sita
Year: 2023
Food Diversification as an Effort to Achieve Food Sovereignty at Nusa Tenggara Barat
RUSET
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.10-8-2022.2338977
Abstract
Indonesia has a variety of local plants that can be used as a source of staple food. Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) is one area that has the potential to diversify food by utilizing local food sources. This paper aims to describe the condition of rice consumption in the NTB, the diversity and potential of local food in NTB, explain the efforts that have been made by the community to achieve food diversification and release the dependence of the community on rice plants as a staple food. The method used in this paper is a study of relevant literature and this research uses a quantitative approach method by analyzing data taken from Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) in 2018-2022. Nusa Tenggara Barat is an area with a variety of staple food sources. However, the inclusion of rice as a staple food source has made local food 'disappear' and now people are returning to being active in making alternative food sources by developing various processed foods from sweet potatoes. Processing sweet potatoes into a variety of foods is believed to be a substitute staple food in NTB. Therefore, food diversification by utilizing local food sources as was done in NTB can be one of the efforts to achieve local and national food sovereignty.