Food Crop Land Allocation: Integrating Land Suitability Analysis and Spatial Forestry, Study Case Katingan, Indonesia

The Indonesian government strives to expand agricultural lands, primarily beyond Java, through food estate programs. However, there has been a strong likelihood that this endeavor might intersect with forests and forest designation areas. This study aims to determine land suitability and its potent...

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Main Authors: Ramdhani, Widiatmaka, Bambang Hendro Trisasongko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bogor Agricultural University 2023-12-01
Series:Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika
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Online Access:https://journal.ipb.ac.id/index.php/jmht/article/view/46404
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description The Indonesian government strives to expand agricultural lands, primarily beyond Java, through food estate programs. However, there has been a strong likelihood that this endeavor might intersect with forests and forest designation areas. This study aims to determine land suitability and its potential allocation for food crops at the interface of forestry and agriculture in Katingan District. Paddy (Oryza sativa L) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L) were selected as the crop species being analyzed, employing a coupling of the analytical hierarchy process and GIS. Forest area designation and land cover maps were incorporated into land allocation scenarios. The results showed that there were 74.254 ha in the "highly suitable" (S1) class and 130.634 ha in the "moderately suitable" (S2) class for paddy. However, after applying the scenario, they decreased by 4% and 12%, respectively. Sorghum has S1 and S2 areas of 108.956 ha and 377.493 ha, which declined by 15% and 14%, respectively, after scenario. Based on the allocation scenario, we found potential deforestation of 67 thousand ha for paddy and 205 thousand ha for sorghum, respectively. We highlighted convertible production forests (HPK) and production forests (HP) as having considerable potential for the allocation of land for food production.
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spelling doaj.art-67faadfbba0d4edd92768d72d41a56c22023-12-13T04:59:44ZengBogor Agricultural UniversityJurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika2087-04692089-20632023-12-0129310.7226/jtfm.29.3.187Food Crop Land Allocation: Integrating Land Suitability Analysis and Spatial Forestry, Study Case Katingan, IndonesiaRamdhani0Widiatmaka1Bambang Hendro Trisasongko2Directorate General of Forestry Planning and Environmental Management, Ministry of Environmental and Forestry, IndonesiaDepartment of Soil Science and Land Resources, IPB University, Bogor, IndonesiaGeospatial Information and Technologies for the Integrative and Intelligent Agriculture (GITIIA), P4W/CRESTPENT, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia The Indonesian government strives to expand agricultural lands, primarily beyond Java, through food estate programs. However, there has been a strong likelihood that this endeavor might intersect with forests and forest designation areas. This study aims to determine land suitability and its potential allocation for food crops at the interface of forestry and agriculture in Katingan District. Paddy (Oryza sativa L) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L) were selected as the crop species being analyzed, employing a coupling of the analytical hierarchy process and GIS. Forest area designation and land cover maps were incorporated into land allocation scenarios. The results showed that there were 74.254 ha in the "highly suitable" (S1) class and 130.634 ha in the "moderately suitable" (S2) class for paddy. However, after applying the scenario, they decreased by 4% and 12%, respectively. Sorghum has S1 and S2 areas of 108.956 ha and 377.493 ha, which declined by 15% and 14%, respectively, after scenario. Based on the allocation scenario, we found potential deforestation of 67 thousand ha for paddy and 205 thousand ha for sorghum, respectively. We highlighted convertible production forests (HPK) and production forests (HP) as having considerable potential for the allocation of land for food production. https://journal.ipb.ac.id/index.php/jmht/article/view/46404AHPdeforestationfood estateland suitability analysisremote sensing
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Food Crop Land Allocation: Integrating Land Suitability Analysis and Spatial Forestry, Study Case Katingan, Indonesia
Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika
AHP
deforestation
food estate
land suitability analysis
remote sensing
title Food Crop Land Allocation: Integrating Land Suitability Analysis and Spatial Forestry, Study Case Katingan, Indonesia
title_full Food Crop Land Allocation: Integrating Land Suitability Analysis and Spatial Forestry, Study Case Katingan, Indonesia
title_fullStr Food Crop Land Allocation: Integrating Land Suitability Analysis and Spatial Forestry, Study Case Katingan, Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Food Crop Land Allocation: Integrating Land Suitability Analysis and Spatial Forestry, Study Case Katingan, Indonesia
title_short Food Crop Land Allocation: Integrating Land Suitability Analysis and Spatial Forestry, Study Case Katingan, Indonesia
title_sort food crop land allocation integrating land suitability analysis and spatial forestry study case katingan indonesia
topic AHP
deforestation
food estate
land suitability analysis
remote sensing
url https://journal.ipb.ac.id/index.php/jmht/article/view/46404
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