HOUSEHOLD ACCESSIBILITY TO STAPLE FOOD AND FACTORS AFFECTING IN RIAU PROVINCE, INDONESIA

Abstract

Accessibility of the community to food is an absolute requirement to achieve
community welfare. Food insecurity is a reflection of the people being unable to access food.
This study aimed to determine the factors that affected food accessibility to fulfill food needs
in Riau Province. The research approach was a survey. This research used SEM-Smart
Partial Least Square (Smart PLS) analysis tool. The results showed that the factors of the
level of economic, physical, social, and food culture together affected the level of household
food accessibility in Riau province by 55.4 percent. The level of economic capability,
physical availability, and social ability had a positive and significant effect on the level of
food accessibility. In contrast, the level of food culture had a negative and significant impact
on the level of household accessibility to food.