This study aims to determine the factors that influence the food security of farmer households in the Papua border region. Twelve factors used in this study are maternal education, number of family members, price of rice, price of sweet potatoes, prices of cooking oil, prices of instant noodles, income, area of arable land, distance of buying food, share of food expenditure, reception of the rice for poor families (raskin), and farmer status (either local or transmigrant). This research uses primary data from direct interviews by asking a list of questions to farmer households in Jayapura City and Keerom District. The samples are randomly selected, and the total respondents are 160 farmer households, then the data analyzed by Ordinal Logit Regression. The results show that most of the household farmers classified as the food secure condition. Partially the number of family members, cultivated land area, the share of food expenditure and the price of sweet potato/cassava have a significant effect the probability of the occurrence of food security for farmer households significant at the 5% level of error, while dummy raskin significant at an error rate of 10%. The cultivated land area and dummy raskin have a positive effect on the food security of farmer households, while the number of family members, the price of sweet potato/cassava, and the share of food expenditure have a negative effect on farm household food security.

As a component in the food and nutrition system, which determined by the quantity and quality of food, food consumption is an important priority to improve the quality of human resources. This study aims to determine the food consumption patterns of farmer households and the difference of its pattern between local and transmigrant farmer households in the border area of Papua. The study was conducted in four regencies in the northern part of Papua in adjacent to the Papua New Guinea (PNG) by involving a total number of 160 households, which consist of 80 local and 80 transmigrant farmer households. To measure the food consumption pattern, the researcher used the food consumption list and a food consumption analysis software developed by the Indonesian Food Security Agency in 2013. The contribution of food energy measured by the Energy Adequacy Rate (AKE) and Protein Adequacy Rate (AKP). The independent t-test was used to compare the food consumption pattern between local and transmigrant farmer households using statistical software, SPSS 16.0 version. The analysis reveals that the AKE and AKP of farmer households are below the recommended standard. The energy (protein) consumption of local farmer households is greater (lower) than the energy consumption of the transmigrant farmer households. The analysis of independent sample t-tests indicates that the average of energy and protein consumption of local farmers differed significantly from the average of energy and protein consumption of transmigrant farmers in the border area of Papua.

This research was aimed to investigate 1) rice marketing channel in ManokwariRegency; 2) marketing margin in Manokwari regency; and 3) market integration of rice in Manokwari regency. Primary and secondary data were collected in this research. Primary data were applied in analysis of rice marketing channel, and marketing margin, while secondary data of rice price for the period of 2004- 2010 were applied in analysis of market integration. Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF), and regression method were implemented in analysis of this research. Result of the analysis show thatthere are nine rice marketing patterns or local rice marketing channels in Manokwari regency. The longest channel was involved three institutions such as village level rice millerlhuller, regency wholesaler and retailer which have the largest marketing margin too. Most farmer utilize the sixth rice marketing pattern on marketing channel, involving two intermediate middleman such as rice millerlhuller and regency retailer. The channel has low marketing margin which motivated farmer for producing rice due to largest share of price accepted by farmers. Analysis of rice market integration at Manokwari regency show that rice price at wholesale level is integrated with that at retaillevel.Penelitian ini bertujuan ootuk mengetahui 1). Jalur pemasaran beras produksi Kabupaten Manokwari; 2). Marjin pemasaran beras produksi Kabupaten Manokwari; dan 3). Tingkat keterpaduan pasar beras di Kabupaten Manokwari; Penelitian ini menggunakan data primer dan data sekunder. Data primer ootuk mengetahui saluran, dan margin pemasaran sedangkan data sekunder ootuk mengetahui keterpaduan pasar dengan menggunakan data harga beras tahoo 2004- 2010. Metode analisis yang digunakan adalah analisis Augmented Dickey Faller (ADF), dan analisis regresi. Hasil analisis menunjukan bahwa terdapat sembilan pola pemasaran atau saluran pemasaran beras produksi Kabupaten Manokwari. Saluran terpanjang melibatkan sebanyak tiga lembaga perantara yaitu penggilingan, pedagang penampoog kabupaten dan pengecer kabupaten. Saluran yang panjang ini mempooyai margin pemasaran yang terbesar pula. Petani paling banyak menggunakan pola pemasaran beras pads saluran pemasaran yang keenam, yang melibatkan dua pedagang perantara yaitu penggilingan dan pedagang pengecer kabupaten. Persentase margin dari seluruh saluran tergolong rendah, hal ini akan mendorong petani ootuk lebih memproduksi beras karena harga yang diterima oleh petani menguntungkan, ini dapat dilihat dari share harga yang diterima oleh petani yang relatif tinggi. Analisis keterpaduan pasar beras produksi Kabupaten Manokwari menunjukan bahwa terdapat integrasi seeara vertikal antara harga beras di tingkat eeeran dan harga beras di tingkat grosir.

Farming shifting is one of the cultivation strategies to find the ideal environment. Shifting agriculture is caused by limited knowledge of farmers on environmental conditions for growing plants. This study aims to describe the input variables and shifting cultivation management on the efficiency of potato farming. The research method used is descriptive statistics. The study involved 51 potato farmers in Minyeimemut and Arion villages of Hingk sub-district, Manokwari District, West Papua, Indonesia. Potato commodities cultivated by Arfak farmers are still using a shifting cultivation system. Analysis of the data by quantitative descriptive method with the help of Frontier 4.1 software and the Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) approach to reduce the stochastic frontier cost function. The results showed that the average potato production was 296.08 Kg/Season. The average area of land cultivated by farmers is 0.15 Ha, the average use of seeds is 44.41 kg, and the average workforce is 33.08 Working Days (HOK). The cultivation activities of potato farmers show 4.33 years of shifting. Economic efficiency shows potato farming of 0.08548 which means it has a fairly economical category.