Analysis of Food Expenditures of Rice Farmers in Flooding Prone Region in South Lampung District, Lampung Province

Abstract

Abstract Flooding frequently happened in South Lampung District between January and February which caused loss of production significantly to rice farmers. This study aims at analysing model of food expenditures of paddy farmers using survey method. The study involved 120 farmers who were randomly selected from flooding prone area and was carried out in July-September 2020. Data were analysed using regression model where dependent variable is food expenditures, and independent variables include rice production, corn production, loss of production due to flooding, family income, number of owning livestock, price of rice, price of cassava, and number of family member. Before regression analysis was run, the study did standard test for ordinary least-squares (OLS) such as multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, and autocorrelation tests. The data passed all the required tests. The study suggests that factors affecting food expenditures include rice production, corn production, family income, price of cassava, loss of production due to flooding, and price of rice. The model concludes R2 is 0.543 suggesting that there is still about 45% of other factors that were not included in the model. The t-test suggests that rice production, family income, and price of cassava have a highly significant influence in affecting the farmers’ food expenditure in South Lampung District.