Assessment of the potential of organic land for food crops and horticulture in the tropical areas to support SDGS

Abstract

Directives for commodity development must take into account ideal land use. Land degradation will result from poor land management practices that go beyond the land’s carrying capacity. territory use planning for the growth of certain commodities is part of the direction of commodity development in a territory. The matching technique and the scoring method are the two main approaches that are typically used to evaluate land capabilities. The matching approach compares and matches land features with criteria for the land capacity classes to determine potential in each specific unit using tabular analytic techniques. The criteria for land suitability classes for food crops, namely rice, and horticulture crops, specifically snakefruit, were matched with climate data, data from observations in the field (physical environmental conditions), and data from laboratory study. The value of the Lumajang Regency’s land potential index was calculated and ranged from potential class II (high) to potential class V (extremely low). Potential class IV (low) covers an area of 21,852.20 ha or 12%, class V (very low) area of 883.13 ha, and class II (height) covers an area of 30,318.18 ha or 17% of the entire area of Lumajang Regency. Potential class III (middle) is the biggest class, encompassing 128,090.41 hectares or 70%. The Padang and Sumbersuko sub-districts include the majority of the potential class II regions, while Randuagung, Klakah, Kedungjajang, Gucialit, Senduro, Pasrujambe, Sukodono, and Pasirian sub-districts have part of the remaining class II areas.