FARMING SYSTEM OF FOOD CROP KEEP GOING TO PRODUCE ON A TIME CLIMATE CHANGE AND PANDEMIC COVID-19 IN TIMOR - INDONESIA
Yohanes Leki Seran, Helena da Silva and Nelson Karyo

Assessment Institute for Agriculture Technology - NTT

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Each body need some foods to consume every day. But to produce food in all region face much factor as challenges. Challenges that farmers always face in the dryland region are limited water for supplying to crop, soil have low fertile and low input production into manage farming system. In addition to produce food crop on the Pandemic COVID-19 face the new challenges like as availability of input production, distribution and marketing of product. However food production should be prepared to fulfill human needs. The objectives of research are (1) to know farmers activity on the farming system of food crop. (2) to know the way farmers availability input production, distribution and marketing of product. And (3) to know productivity of food crops on Pandemic COVID-19. This research used survey and observation Method to the farming system that be done by farmers. This research show that farmers always are doing their farming system of food crop in spite of happen climate change especially have no rain for a long time and Pandemic COVID-19. For doing their farming intensively, farmers should to get input production from distribution agent. And farmers success to sell their product in local market. However for product that should be sold in the other island or product for industry market often face challenges especially transportation.

Keywords: Key Word : Food crop, Farming System, Climate change and COVID-19

Topic: Adapting Agricultural Production to Covid-19