The strategy in increasing participation of female farmers to actualize household’s food security in East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara Province

Abstract

Abstract This study aims to analyze the factors that influence the ability, participation of female farmers, household food security status, and formulate a strategy to increase the participation of female farmers to achieve household food security. This research applies survey methods in four villages from two sub-districts that have the most farmer households and are classified as food insecure in East Lombok Regency with a total of 300 female respondents. The analysis used is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results of the SEM analysis explain that the factors that influence: 1) the ability level is the support of the provision of extension, access to resources, and the support of the socio-cultural environment of the community; 2) the level of participation is household socio-economic, access to resources, abilities, and personal characteristics; 3) household food security status is a personal characteristic, ability, and access to resources. Strategies for increasing the participation of female farmer in achieving household food security are increasing the ability of female farmers, increasing support for conducting education, increasing access to information, enhancing the quality of personal characteristics, enhancing household socioeconomic characteristics, strengthening supporting socio-cultural environment, and conditions ideal participation for female farmers.