Red chilli pepper is one of commodities which the price is fluctuate. The study was aimed to determine the performance of farmer institutional and to analyse the economic feasibility of red chilli pepper farming. A purposive sampling method was applied in this study. The study was conducted within August to December 2017, in Kepung District, Kediri Regency, East Java Province. Either the primary and secondary data were collected. As much as 25 respondents have been chosen randomly to obtain farmer institutional information in the study area. The economic feasibility was analysed based on Revenue-Cost Ratio (RCR). The results showed that the red chilli pepper farming in Kepung District was economically feasible as the R/C ratio value was 1.77. The skilled human resources, one aspects of farmer institutional, play important role to support the success of red chilli pepper farming. In conclusion, the red chilli pepper farming in Kepung District is greatly contributed to farmer’s income.

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Sago (Metroxylon sago Rottb) is very suitable as a food ingredient because it contains carbohydrates in starch form and high calories. In eastern Indonesia, the sago plant has important social, economic, and ecological roles for most societies because it is also used as a staple food. On the contrary, its development still requires powerful and maximum support. This study aims to describe the diversity of cultivation technology applications and the constraints of sago development. The research was carried out in a plantation area in the Siau Tagulandang Biaro (Sitaro) Islands Regency, North Sulawesi Province, from June to December 2016. The research used a survey method with semi-structured interview techniques on 60 respondents and focus group discussion (FGD) techniques. The research results that have been carried out indicate that farmers have not fully implemented good sago cultivation technology. However, they understand the economic value of this plant. The components of cultivation that were still weak were the weed control aspects and pest and disease control, as well as the post-harvest aspects in terms of sago pith processing techniques.

This study focuses on land cover and land management changes in relation to food security and environmental services in a semi-arid area of East Nusa Tenggara (ENT) – Indonesia. The study was conducted in Central Sumba District of ENT Province. Classification and regression tree (CART) for land cover classification has been analyzed using machine learning techniques using Google Earth Engine. A survey with Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and followed with in-depth interviews were conducted for primary data collection involving a total of 871 respondents. The Socio-economic data analyzed statistics descriptively and non-parametric tests. The study showed that: 1). There has been a substantial land use change during the devo-lution era that has both positive and negative implications for food security and envi-ronmental services. 2). There has been population pressure in the fertile or agricultur-al land as the direct impact of the development of city infrastructures; and 3). Nation-al intervention through the Food Estate program has fostered and shaped land use change and land management in Central Sumba District. The study highlights the importance that the devolution spirit should help to well manage the limited ara-ble/agricultural land in dominated semi-arid to ensure food security and environment services.

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