UNIMAL Open Conference System, Malikussaleh International Conference on Multidisciplinary Studies 2022

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Food Security, Women, and Higher Education in Aceh
Nurasih Shamadiyah, Nanda Amalia

Last modified: 2023-01-17

Abstract


University have an important role to develop sustainable farming and community food security. One indicator of a good education system is the measurement of the quality of the output of education itself like transferring knowledge, technology, and agriculture innovation to improve productivity of community in agriculture sector and sustain their food security. However, even though university students received same knowledge and skills in lectures, many female student after graduate do not work because they getting married and prefer taking care of their family rather than apply the knowledge that they received in college. Nevertheless, they have a job in agriculture sector is not the main occupation because they work to help their families. Women as a farmers have a real and very important contribution to family food security. Women have a very important role in efforts to provide food at the household level.

Keywords


Food security, women, higher education, sustainable farming.

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