Referral agricultural commodities mapping based on land evaluation approach and participatory technique in West Sumba regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province
Prihanto, Yosef & Mone Iye Cornelia Marschiavelli
West Sumba Regency, which administratively, is part of East Nusa Tenggara Province, has a unique physical characteristic and relatively different compared to other areas in Indonesia. This area has specific and complex characteristics related to its climate and fertility condition. These conditions make this area threatened by the environmental degradation and food insecurity. In order to support the regional development and create territory independence, it is necessary to make an optimal land use planning. This spatial planning is focused on sustainable agriculture sector development. Furthermore, the result of this study can help West Sumba to grow and evolve with an ability to prevent from food insecurity in the future. This study is conducted using remote sensing technology, Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis and field survey to assess parameters which is determining the internal and external land characteristics. Subsequently, the eight parameters were found as the land characteristics and analyzed to obtain the referral agriculture commodities. Combination of the land suitability evaluation and people participatory method produced the thirteenreferral- agricultural commodities which are expected to be developed in West Sumba with total area of 70,121 km2. Based on this result, it can be concluded that the referralagricultural commodities not only can be obtained based on scientific approach within land suitability of physical condition but also have to combined with other social aspects such as local characteristics as a primary actor in the agriculture.
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