Abstract
Most of the land used for transmigration resettlement activities outside of Java Island is marginal land that requires highproduction inputs and susceptible to degradation. One of the need to be taken into consideration in the choice of location is land suitability. The objective of this study is to determine the land suitability of agricultural transmigration area with a case study of Transmigration Settlement Unit (UPT) of RantauPandan SP-4, Jambi Province, for cultivation of food crops, vegetables and perennial crops and analyse the level of biophysical and economical feasibility of several commodities. The actual land suitability assessment for the three agricultural commodities indicate the dominance land suitability classes of S3 (marginally suitable) with terrain, nutrient retention and nutrients available become dominant limiting factors. Economic land suitability analysis indicate that the biggest gross margin is rubber, while the smallest is rice. Results of analysis are used to determine the spatial land use recommendations on transmigration location. Results of analysis are not always in line with the transmigration pattern of land allocation. Nonetheless, these results suggested to be applied, for considerations of land conservation as well as farmers' welfare.
Highlights
Most of the land used for transmigration resettlement activities outside of Java Island is marginal land that requires highproduction inputs and susceptible to degradation
These results suggested to be applied, for considerations of land conservation as well as farmers' welfare
Analisis Sumberdaya Lahan untuk Perencanaan Tataguna Lahan dan Wilayah
Summary
Di luar Pulau Jawa, sebagian besar lahan yang digunakan untuk kegiatan transmigrasi merupakan lahan marjinal, yang memerlukan input produksi yang relatif tinggi (Paiman & Armando 2010). Salah satu hal yang perlu dijadikan pertimbangan dalam pemilihan lokasi dan pengelolaan lahan adalah aspek kesesuaian lahan (Widiatmaka 2013). Aspek ini menjadi penting pula ketika perencanaan penggunaan lahan dan pemilihan komoditas hendak dilakukan, bahkan setelah lokasi ditempati. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kesesuaian tiap-tiap bagian dari lahan usahatani transmigran dengan mengambil studi kasus Unit Permukiman Transmigrasi (UPT) Rantau Pandan SP-4 untuk pengusahaan komoditas tanaman pangan, sayuran dan tanaman tahunan dan melihat tingkat kelayakan biofisik maupun ekonomi dari beberapa komoditas. Pengetahuan ini selanjutnya dapat digunakan untuk merencanakan jenis pengusahaan lahan yang paling tepat secara biofisik dan ekonomi serta paket pengelolaannya
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