Diversificationof Food In Mataue Village Kulawi Sub-District Sigi District

Food dietary diversification is a necessary thing to do because the food consumption pattern of our community are not yet diverse, nutritionally balanced and safe, along with the domination by rice and flour. Diversification of food consumption is influenced by many factors and one of them is the agriculture and livestock sector. This study aims to find out the Factors Associated with food dietary diversification in Mataue Village Kulawi Sub-District Sigi District. The type of this research is an analytical survey with a Cross Sectional Study approach. With total sample 61 people and using Simple Random Sampling technique. The results of this study were statistically tested by Chi-square test at a 95%confidence interval. The results showed that there was no relationship between livestock ownership (p=0,929) and food dietary diversification, and there was a relationship between land use (p=0,023), and food crop diversification (p=0,007) with diversification in food consumption. The need for support and encouragement of the village government to expand the scope of land use utilization and increase the type of food crops by all households to increase diversification of food consumption.