Spatio-temporal assessment of rice self-sufficiency in West Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

¹ Departement of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajou University, Korea
² Environmental Geography, Department of Environmental Geography, Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: ratihfitria.putri@ugm.ac.id

Abstract

Agriculture is an important economic sector in human life. One of the analyses of agricultural resources is food adequacy which is closely related to food availability and food needs. The research location of this study is West Sulawesi Province which has the potential for economic development to improve the welfare of its people and be able to implement sustainable development. The purpose of this study is to determine rice sufficiency from 2016 to 2020 for each district and to projected it for several years. The research was conducted by quantitative methods and analyzed descriptively and spatially. The data collection method is documentation method by literature studies to collect secondary data from Central Statistics Bureau (BPS) of West Sulawesi Province. In general, rice sufficiency in West Sulawesi Province from 2016 to 2020 is included in the sufficient category. However, for several years there were two districts with inadequate amounts of rice, which were Majene and North Mamuju. The projection results in 2025 and 2030 also show the same thing, Majene and North Mamuju are still in the insufficient category and it will get worse in 2030. So in general, West Sulawesi Province is predicted to be unable to meet food needs.