PERANAN LUMBUNG PANGAN DALAM MENJAGA KETAHANAN PANGAN DI KABUPATEN TABANAN

Abstrak

The aim of the research was to determine the role of food storage in maintaining food security, the factors that influence the existence of food storage in maintaining food security, and the constraints faced by rural communities in developing and strengthening food barns towards food security. The research location was in Tabanan Regency which was determined purposively. The population in this study were all members of the food barn or subak found in the locations of the Dwi Dharma and Subak Serongga Food Barn. The sampling technique used the proportional random sampling method. This study used descriptive qualitative analysis, namely analysis presented in the form of tables, words, schemes, or images / graphics. The results of the study showed that the role of food barns in maintaining food security was a place to store food for all its members, overcome food shortages if they experience crop failure or during the dry season and increase group income. A good understanding factor and the benefits received by farmers or barns for the existence of food barns were the drivers of the existence of sustainable food storage and this study also found that there were almost no significant obstacles in the development of barns.