Factors affecting the improvement of farmers household food security in South Sulawesi

This research objectives is to analyze the factors affecting food security level of farmer’s household in South Sulawesi. Components of food availability, food access, food absorption and nutritional status of farmer household simultaneously have positive effect on food security level of farmer’s household in South Sulawesi. Planting area, productive workforce, agro-ecosystem type and household income have positive effect on food security level of farmers household. Self-production food and poverty level have negative effect on food security level of farmers household. Factors with positive effect positive on household food access are self-production food, work performance of head household, wife work performance, work performance of household members, labor wage, family head income, number of family members who work, while the negative effect is way access. Factors with positive on food absorption of farmers households are household income, agro-ecosystem type, food diversification, wife education while the negative effect is number of dependents. Factors with positive effect on nutritional status are energy adequacy and food diversification.