THE EVALUATION OF LAND TO AGRICULTURE IN BANGGAI REGENCY

摘要

Business food crops over the years remained progression, it is supported by government programs namely through intensification program aimed at encouraging farmers to do agricultural enterprises by using seeds, fertilization, irrigation and pest control as well as a good way to farm. Besides the intensification of efforts on extensification programmes are also carried out through the expansion of agricultural areas. The success of the production of food crops in addition to the intensification and extensification is also largely determined by a State seasons occurred during growing season is concerned. Land resource potential and direction of commodities is the basic information that is required in the planning of agriculture in an area. Information needs to be equipped with the formulation of technology resource management more specific land among others in applying techniques of soil conservation, soil fertility management and management of organic material. This research developed a concept of potential agriculture site selection base on land system and current physical land information. Moreover, satellite image interpretation was used to obtain land physical data. These data then integrated with land use and land system data using a Geographic Information System tool to perform spatial analysis in order to obtain a potential farmland classification. This analysis result in three types of potential agricultural land namely wetland rice agriculture, dry land agriculture, and annual crops agriculture. This results show provisional information which has potential use for land zonation. Accordingly, the results can be used as input for further development of feasibility study for defining agricultural zone and crops types. The potential farmland class show that land area potential for developing wetland rice agricultural amounted for 88 thousand hectares (9.16% of the total area) and dry land agricultural amounted for 133 thousand hectares (13.76 % of the total area). Total area of Banggai Regency area 967.270 ha. Land in this category has great physical limitations, so that maintenance at the level of management should be implemented. This kind of spatial information is actually has important role in supporting national food security.