ABSTRACT
Indonesia's food security index will decline in 2021 to 59.2 which causes Indonesia to be ranked 69th out of 113 countries. Indonesia is also still importing food from other countries, even though Indonesia is an agricultural country with fertile land and abundant natural resources. Indonesia has not been able to meet all the population's needs, both quality and quantity. This is due to various problems in the agricultural sector, such as the difficulty of obtaining capital, fertilizers, seeds, and access to marketing. The Grostech application is here as a solution to achieve food security and independence, increase food production, stabilize food prices, and protect the welfare of farmers. This study uses the R&D method with a prototype development model data collection techniques using literature study methods and questionnaires. The black box test found that all the functions tested were valid, namely checking logins, checking features, and checking the search menu. Based on the checklist functionality, it was found that 90% of respondents said Yes to the questions asked. Meanwhile, based on the usability checklist, 87% of respondents said they strongly agreed with the questions asked, 12.8% of respondents agreed, and no one said they did not agree or disagree. The Grostech application has benefits in aspects of food security, social factors, and sustainability aspects. It can be concluded that the Grostech application is the right solution for digitizing the agriculturalsector to realize food security in Indonesia.
Keywords: Digitization, Grostech, Food Security, Agriculture
1. Introduction
Food security is a crucial issue in Indonesia because it has not yet reached the word "security at the national level." This is evidenced by data from the Global Food Security Index, which reports that Indonesia's food security index score in 2020 is at the level of 61.4 and has decreased to 59.2 in 2021. This fact makes Indonesia's food security rank 69 out of 113. countries as measured by four indicators like affordability, availability, quality and safety, and natural resources and resilience.
On the other hand, Indonesia is still importing rice, corn, and other staple foods from other countries, so that it has not been able to achieve food security[1]. In addition, Indonesia is also still importing 407.7 thousand tons of rice throughout 2021[2]. Whereas Indonesia is an agricultural country, where most of the population works as farmers, has fertile agricultural land, and abundant natural resources.
Agricultural development is a prominent actor in food security and preventing future food crises[3]. Support for successful development in the agricultural sector is needed[4]. However, national food security has not met all the population's needs, both in terms of quantity and quality[5]. In addition, agriculture in Indonesia still has various problems, especially low productivity, which causes a food crisis. Indonesian farmers experience severe problems in the aspect of capital[6]. At the same time, modern agriculture requires credit assistance to finance the purchase of inputs, such as fertilizers, seeds, and insecticides[7]. In addition, small farmers in Indonesia are experiencing severe difficulties in the marketing network of agricultural products[8]. Therefore, the author has an innovation in the form of an application called Grostech to achieve food security and independence, increase staple food production, food price stability, and protect the welfare of farmers as national food providers. Grostech is an intelligent platform based on the digitization of the agricultural sector that can make it easier for farmers to get capital assistance, buy fertilizer or seeds, and market agricultural products through a digital platform.
4. Conclusion
The Grostech application uses the ERD database and black box testing and questionnaires. The black box test found that all the functions tested were valid, namely checking logins, checking features, and checking the search menu. Based on the checklist functionality, it was found that 90% of respondents said Yes to the questions asked. Meanwhile, based on the usability checklist, 87% of respondents said they strongly agreed with the questions asked, 12.8% of respondents agreed, and no one said they did not agree or disagree. The Grostech application has benefits in aspects of food security, social factors, and sustainability aspects. The Grostech application can assist farmers in obtaining fertilizers and seeds, overcoming capital problems, and as a means of marketing. This will make it easier for people to get food while increasing farmer productivity and improving welfare. Therefore, the Grostech application is the right solution for digitizing the agricultural sector to realize food security in Indonesia.
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