Optimization of land use for food crops a case in Gunung Sari District West Lombok Regency, Indonesia

Abstract

This study aims to identify farmer’s crops in each growing season, analyze the income of food crops farmers, analyze the optimal use of land resources, know the problem of farmer food crops in Gunung Sari District West Lombok Regency. Method of this research is descriptive and data collected by survey techniques. The results showed MT1 were rice crops, MT2 included rice, peanuts, sweet corn, soybeans, and MT3 included peanuts, soybeans, sweet corn, green beans, rice, long beans. Farmer’s income of rice farming on MT1 is IDR 13,081,495.95/ha. The largest Farmer’s income on MT2 is the sweet corn farming of IDR 13,993,518.52/ha and the smallest income in rice farming is IDR 11,625,009.81/ha. The largest farmer’s income on MT3 is long bean farming IDR 22.039.404,76/ha, and the smallest is the big peanut IDR 8,919,248.24/ha. Optimal utilization of land resources in MT2 that is X2 (nuts) of 159,020 ha, X3 (sweet corn) of 256,417 ha and X4 (soybean) of 325,142 ha. MT3 optimal land use area X2 (soybean) of 434,659 ha, X3 (sweet corn) 126,969 ha and X6 (long bean) of 178,953 ha. Problems of farmers include pests, diseases, lack production facilities, the high input price and the unavailability of cooperatives.