Food security and rural development in South Central Timor based on case studies in Pollen and Kualin subdistricts

摘要

This paper describes the relation between rainfall patterns and distribution, water availability, agriculture activities, household food stocks and food access, food consumption and nutrition status of villagers in the Kualin subdistrict of the Timor Tengah Selatan district in West Timor. It was found that in contrast to the situation in the Pollen subdistrict, there was no direct relation between water availability and rainfall occurrence.