Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan IPA (JPPIPA)
Vol 12 No 6 (2026)

Carrying Capacity Based on Environmental Services for Food Supply in Talaga City

Talha Dangkua (Universitas Muhammadiyah Gorontalo)
Sofyan Muzakir Djibu (Universitas Muhammadiyah Gorontalo)
Ahmad Syamsu Rijal S (Universitas Muhammadiyah Gorontalo)
Irawan Matalapu (Universitas Muhammadiyah Gorontalo)
Indrawan (Universitas Negeri Gorontalo)
Karina Meiyanti Maulana (Universitas Negeri Manado)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Jun 2026

Abstract

Environmental Carrying Capacity (ECC) for food supply is the ability of the environment to support population activities through a comparison between the need and availability of food energy. This research aims to provide initial data related to the spatial distribution of ECC for food supply in Talaga Jaya, Telaga, Telaga Biru and Tilango Sub-Districts as part of the city of Talaga and the general conditions of their status descriptions. The Environmental Service Performance Index (ESPI) of the parameters of Landscape, Natural Vegetation and Land Cover was used as a factor in distributing the availability of food energy. Land class and roads distributed population density and food energy needs. The results of the research were analyzed spatially using a supply-demand approach on a grid scale of 0.1 km x 0.1 km. The results found that the spatial distribution of ECC for food supply was in deficit status of 20.03 km2 (11.11%), balanced at 120.86 km2 (67.02%) and surplus at 39.45 km2 (21.88%). Descriptively, the deficit area cannot be covered by the surplus area if there is an energy flow because the high food energy requirement is 64.7 billion kcal/year, while the availability of food energy is only 51.4 billion kcal/year. Thus, the research area has passed the peak of its population growth and is only able to meet the food energy demand for 79.4% of its population. In this case, the government can promote agricultural commodity intensification and diversification policies to meet domestic food energy needs.

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Journal Info

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jppipa

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering Chemistry Education Materials Science & Nanotechnology Physics

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Science Educational Research Journal is international open access, published by Science Master Program of Science Education Graduate Program University of Mataram, contains scientific articles both in the form of research results and literature review that includes science, technology and teaching ...