Food Security in Peri-urban Area, San Sai Luang Subdistrict, San Sai District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
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Abstract
Peri-urban areas are locations next to the city that are linked by transportation. Consequently, they are impacted by the city’s horizontal expansion. This will ultimately result in a loss of suburban farmland. This article aims to investigate food security in the peri-urban subdistrict in San Sai Luang. 34 food availability questionnaires were distributed to agricultural producers along with surveying, and 134 household respondents were collected in order to study their consumption patterns. For analysis, descriptive statistics were applied. The results illustrate the three fundamental components of food security. The rice fields are unable to produce enough food for the population, so they must import food from nearby regions. Pesticide contamination is a threat to more than fifty percent of rice agriculture. The random sampling of vegetation from five local marketplaces found contamination of lettuce in the three markets in this study. In addition, contamination of kale and long beans was identified in certain markets. Second, food accessibility, the respondents can access food sources due to comprehensive transportation network. The respondents have just enough money to cover their food expenses, but they rarely have savings. This pertains to food insecurity in the event of future pandemics, political upheaval, and natural disasters. In addition, there is food disparity in the community, as individuals with higher earnings have easier access to food than those with lower incomes. Lastly, in regard to their food utilization, respondents have a high level of quantitative utilization, but they still carry the risk of not consuming enough nutrients and calories from their meals to meet the dietary requirement. Therefore, the San Sai Luang subdistrict needs to propose some strategies to minimize sensitivity to these three dimensions of food security and to build sustainable food stability in both family and community levels.
Keywords: Food Access, Food Availability, Food Security, Food Utilization, Peri-urban Area, Thailand
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