Household Food Security Study Before The Pandemi, During The Pandemi and When New Normal in Gorontalo District

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze factors affecting household food security before the pandemic, during the pandemic, and the new normal in Gorontalo District. The method applied in this study is a qualitative descriptive method while the methods used in data collection are interviews, observation, documentation, and questionnaires. The results of the study show that the factors that affect household food security include the number of family members (X1), pre-pandemic income (X2), pandemic income (X3), new normal income (X4), and expenditure (X5), with t-test analysis can be seen that the variable number of family members (X1), Income during the Pandemic (X3) and Income during the New Normal (X4) has no significant effect on household food security (Y), while the variables Pre-Pandemic Income (X2) and Expenditures (X5) has a significant effect on household food security (Y). It can be seen that farmers can still exist during a pandemic, it is not too influential because farmers are still carrying out their activities, they can still eat garden produce, and their catch.