The linkages between health and agriculture sectors through regional expenditure review

Abstract

Objective: To analyze government allocations in the health and agriculture sector expenditure and find out their linkages based on the output of each sector. Method: The research was conducted in Bima Regency, Indonesia, by employing descriptive statistical analysis to describe linkages between the health and agriculture sectors. Results: The health sector (including education and infrastructure) is a priority sector in the allocation of regional expenditure with a greater proportion compared to the agriculture sector. However, the allocation of expenditure in the health sector seems to have implications for the improvement of health status, which ultimately affects the production of leading commodities in the agriculture sector as indicated by increased production from year to year. Conclusion: There was a linkage between the performance of health and agriculture sectors as an implication of the allocation of health and agriculture sector expenditure, which was carried out proportionally by the Bima government. In addition, the agriculture sector will strengthen the health sector in terms of nutrition and environmental health. This implies that linkages between agriculture and health sectors are necessary to accelerate development in the country.

Keywords

• Health sector
• Agriculture sector
• Public expenditure
• Regional development