Food Security and Environmental Sustainability on the South Sumatra Wetlands, Indonesia.

The research aimed to analyze food security and environmental sustainability in the South Sumatra wetlands. This research conducted on the wetlands of Banyuasin Regency, By Using the Survey method interview with respondents, guided by a questionnaire through the Focus Group Discussion (FGD). All data collected, by analyzed with SPSS program. The results showed that plants planted in wetlands vary widely, such as rice, corn, soy, sweet potatoes, nuts, and cassava. The diversity of commodities is cultivated on high enough wetlands; they seek food farming in order to meet their own subsistence with little agricultural input, making it relatively difficult for crops to be able to produce optimally. The suitable land for food farming can be achieved if the Government has already applied appropriate technology and built infrastructure. Based on market access and population density, thus typology of agricultural landaus on wetlands can be classified as subsistence-based; cash crop-based; continuous rice-based; extensive perennial-based crops; and vegetablebased crops. The main typology was dominated by continuous rice-based system taking around 197.961 ha or 58.50% and the lowest level was shown by vegetable-based crops around 20.998 ha or 6.20%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]