Technical Irrigation Research Articles

Impact of Land Conversion on Oil Palm Production and Income

Objective of study was to evaluate impact of land conversion on oil palm production, evaluate its impact on income of oil palm, and explore effect of social-economic aspects to land conversion of oil palm. Research used cross section data of 200 respondents. Data was analysed using qualitative and quantitative method. Results showed that a significant factors affected oil palm production which included land acreage, labour and capital. Significant factors affected income were selling price and capital. Then, socio-economic factors affected land conversion of oil palm such as education, income and saving. It found that paddy fields are more converted to oil palm fields, in which paddy fields were more in dryland than technical irrigation. Then, in terms of farming analysis, efficiency smallholder oil palm was higher than efficiency paddy (B/C on paddy was of 1.02 and B/C on oil palm was of 1.71).

EFFECTIVENESS OF SPECIAL EFFORTS (UPAYA KHUSUS OR UPSUS) POLICY TO INCREASE RICE PRODUCTION IN SIDOARJO

Sidoarjo Regency is a fertile agricultural area as a food granary, maintaining advanced agriculture to be food self-sufficiency. However, the area of technical rice fields and rice production in Sidoarjo Regency from 2015 to 2017 had decreased. This is a challenge for sustainability to achieve food security. Thus, the formulation of the problem in this study was regarding the factors causing the ineffectiveness of Special Efforts (in Indonesian Upaya Khusus, abbreviated as UPSUS) for increasing rice production in Sidoarjo Regency. This study is a descriptive study that employed a qualitative approach. Thus, the data were collected through in-depth interviews technique on the informants from the Sidoarjo Regency Agriculture and Food Security Office and the Head of Farmer Association who came from Tarik, Jabon, Sedati, and Waru sub-districts. The data then were analyzed using an interactive analysis of Miles and Huberman. The results of this study explain that the factors that support the implementation of UPSUS policy in Sidoarjo Regency included the availability of agricultural officers/ extension officers in the field for UPSUS assistance, the carrying capacity of government both at village and sub-district level to UPSUS program, farmer’s association that had been formed well as one of the supporting factors, technical irrigation support in Sidoarjo, and the availability of facilities and infrastructure both in the form of assistance and in the form of supply such as seeds, agricultural machine, and pest poison.

Settlement development based on land suitability

The needs of settlements land are higher due to the increasing population, but the lands-availability in urban areas is getting narrower. Land use continues to grow as the initial process for the expansion of the city, its movement will out from the city centre to the periphery. Therefore, it is necessary to study the suitability land and develop the principles of the location planning of housing development. The research method using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) to calculate the weights, Geographical Information System (GIS) was used to create land suitability map, and overlay analysis result used to describe the principle of settlement location based on land suitability. The results show that 1) most suitable land for housing development is 637,75 hectare, low suitable land is 952,75 hectares and unsuitable areas of 781.5 hectares 2)The principles of settlement location based on land suitability are a)Clean water, available piped water network with adequate water quality terms smells, taste and colour, b)Flood prone, integrated drainage system development, optimization of reservoir performance and lake as water absorption, c)Accessibility, have road infrastructure and easy access to public transportation, d) Availability of land, not located in protected areas or technical irrigation, e) Availability of basic public service.

The construction of Karalloe multipurpose dam for the Kellara technical irrigation development

The problem of Jeneponto regency is a raw water crisis for water drinking and irrigate in dry season. In rainy season, a high sediment to deposit in the lowest area. the regulate flooding and inundates rural and urban. A Jeneponto river is a joint river between Karalloe River and Kellara River which come from Lompo Batang mountain and the existing raw water is not enough to be supplied to the raw water treatment plant and not enough to be supplied to the existing Kellara technical irrigation area so the rice cropping is not optimize although existing Kellara weir and Karalloe weirs will support the irrigation. To solve the problem mentioned above, the Karalloe multipurpose dam will be constructed urgently. The problem will be managed by sustainable integrated water resources management, Step by step method to be applied in 3 terms for example in the short term, the middle term and the long term. Methodology study of this paper focused to solve the raw water crisis and regulate flooding in Jeneponto Regency. The governments apply by not only construction of the Karalloe Dam but also to apply an integrated approach.

The Application of Farmers Training Model for Sustainable Farming Agriculture During Covid 19 Pandemic

The objectives of this research are as follows: (1) to know the knowledge, attitudes, motivation, and behavior of farmers to keep away from the Corona Virus, increase income and environmental quality in technical irrigation areas before and after being trained on: how to keep away from the Corona Virus, the ecosystem wet farming areas, conservation, environment, and farming, (2) to know the effects of experiments whose materials are: how to keep away from the Corona Virus, wet farming area ecosystems, conservation, the environment, and farming to increase knowledge, attitudes, motivation, and the behavior of farmers to keep away from the Corona Virus, increase income, and environmental quality in technical irrigation areas. The research approach is experimental research. The research location was selected by purposive sampling method, namely: Langkemme irrigation area (experimental area) and Saddang irrigation area (control area). There were 25 farmers trained (experimental group) and 25 people (control group). The research variables were: (1) knowledge, attitude, motivation, and keep away from the corona virus before and after the experiment, (2) the effect of the experiment on increasing knowledge, attitudes, motivation, and keep away from the corona virus, increasing income, and environmental quality in the technical irrigation area. The analysis used in this research was descriptive statistical analysis and inferential statistical analysis. The inferential model is the independent t test. The results of the research showed that as follows: (1) knowledge, attitudes, motivation, and behavior of farmers to keep away from the corona virus, increase income, and the quality of the environment in the technical irrigation area before being trained are in the low category, (2) knowledge, attitude, motivation, and the behavior of farmers to keep away from the corona virus, increase income, and the quality of the environment in technical irrigation areas after being trained are in the high category, (3) the effect of training (experimentation) is very positive on increasing knowledge, attitudes, motivation, and keep away of farmers' behavior themselves from the Corona Virus, increasing income and environmental quality in technical irrigation areas.

Dialectiques hydrosociales à l’épreuve. Décrypter la dimension politique d’objets techniques utilisés pour l’irrigation au Népal

Le cycle hydrosocial est un concept essentiel pour depasser la dichotomie nature/societe. L’article cherche a preciser sa portee analytique a partir de l’etude d’un systeme d’irrigation nepalais. La combinaison d’une approche sociotechnique, fondee sur l’etude des objets techniques, et d’une approche par le realisme critique, insistant sur l’importance des relations de pouvoir, permet de faire ressortir la dimension politique de ces objets. Nous montrons ainsi comment des canaux ou des tubes en plastique sont partie integrante du jeu de pouvoir au sein des associations d’irrigants, et au-dela. C’est en effet par l’analyse de l’evolution de leur usage (pratique et politique) que l’on comprend leur role dans la reproduction de la structure sociale clienteliste du Nepal rural.

Water productivity analysis in irrigated central rice production area of SolokRegency, Indonesia

To feed the increasing world population, the demand for food and consequently irrigation water is predicted to increase in the future. However, the amount of water available for agriculture is increasingly becoming uncertain in the face of global climate change. Therefore, improvement in water productivity is necessary for sustainable production of crops such as rice. Water productivity varies across regions and across fields within a region, and is dependent on several factors such as crop patterns, climate patterns, irrigation technology and field water management, land and infrastructure, and other inputs, including labor, fertilizer, and machinery. The objective of this study was to estimate water supply and demand in Sumani watershed, a primary rice-producing region, to analyze water productivity for sustainable rice production. Approximately 30% of the area in Sumaniis paddy fields, which depend on the availability of water resources. In this area. Approximately 67% of the rice fields are cultivated three times a year. In general, the planting schedule of rice is divided into three periods: main planting season (wet season), Gadu planting season (planting in the end of wet season and harvesting in the dry season), and dry planting season. Although the planting schedules are not uniform, we assumed these as uniform, to simplify the analysis, by using majority cropping schedule in the study site. To ensure water availability in the dry season, four types of irrigation systems were used: technical irrigation (TI), semi-technical irrigation (STI), simple irrigation (SI), and non-government irrigation (NGI). The results showed thatdepending on the planting season and irrigation system, water productivity varied from 0.33 kg/m3 in the Gadu season in areas irrigated by the SI and NGI systems to 0.73 kg/m3 in the wet season in area irrigated by the TI system. The average water productivity in the study area was 0.53kg/m3. Water productivity in this study area was lower than the average water productivity in other rice production areas in Java and Bali.

Evaluation of the Settling Basin of Keumala Weir, Krueng Baro River, Aceh, Indonesia

Krueng Baro Irrigation network is a strategic technical irrigation area in Pidie, Aceh, Indonesia. The primary water source is the Krueng Baro River flow using the infrastructure of Keumala Weir in which sedimentation is currently a significant problem in its operations. To prevent the sediment from entering the irrigation channel is to settle it in the settling basin. However, the primary irrigation channel with the stone masonry walls kept experiencing high sedimentation. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the performance of the Keumala Weir settling basin including its capacity and efficiency. This study used a survey method for data collection and an evaluation method following the current guidelines for data analysis. The sediment sampling was conducted in the settling basin and the primary channel. The flushing was currently carried out for seven days. However, the settling basin capacity of 2,436.75 m3 did not meet the flushing requirements. Thus, the flushing should be performed daily for a volume of 1,859.43 m3 to fulfill the condition, so that the capacity of the settling basin was controlled. The efficiency of sediment settling was 75%, and the effect of water turbulence was in a safe condition, that the sediment settled in a settling basin would not be eroded when it is empty or full. For the flushing efficiency, the shear stress was 15,538 N/m2 that can rinse less than 16 mm particles. Based on this evaluation, it can be concluded that the sediments in the primary channel were from the settling basin. It is suggested to limit the speed in the regulating building to approximately 1.5 m/s to reduce the sediments entering the primary channel. It also requires accuracy in the operation of the primary channel intake.

DAMPAK FENOMENA EL NINO TERHADAP PENDAPATAN USAHATANI DAN POLA TANAM PETANI PADI DI KECAMATAN NATAR KABUPATEN LAMPUNG SELATAN

The purposes of this research are to analyze the impact of El Nino phenomenon in 2015 on rice farming income and on cropping pattern of farmers and to figure out mitigation efforts of farmers to anticipate the impact of the phenomenon. This research was conducted in two villages in Natar Subdistrict South Lampung Regency in August - November 2016. They are Pancasila Village which represents a pump irrigation area and Negararatu Village represents a technical irrigation area. Respondents were 76 rice farmers who were chosen simply randomly. The study used a quantitative descriptive analysis method. The study showed that El Nino phenomenon had no effect on farming income, and on cropping pattern. Farmers mitigated by increasing the costs of water pump.Key words: cropping pattern, el Nino, farming income, mitigation

POTENTIAL HYDROLOGI FOR IRRIGATION LOCATIONCANDIDATE LOCATION OF PADDY FIELD IN EAST BARITO DISTRICT OF CENTRAL KALIMANTAN

This district of Katigan is a small part of the entire area and land surveys for the purposes of paddy field printing of the Central Kalimantan Provincial Agriculture Office. This activity aims to find the feasibility of irrigation potential that will flow through the paddy fields that have been in clean and clear condition in terms of the area, included in the category of decent land for rice crops, and the existence of adequate water sources to flow the rice fields. The water requirement for plants is basically obtainable directly from the rain water, the rainfall each season will not be the same. Therefore, we need a way to manage water with a need to manage water optimally, one of them is the use of irrigation system. The planned irrigation system for the Katingan irrigation area and its surroundings is a gravity irrigation system. The irrigation network used is a technical irrigation network. The total irrigation area is 352,6 Ha. The planned plot is 3 plots with the area of each plot between 3,6 ha to 99,9 Ha. The water requirement per hectare before adjusting to the efficiency of each channel is planned to be 1.2 ltr/s/ ha.

Evaluasi Kinerja Daerah Irigasi Cikeusik Berdasarkan Petunjuk Pelaksanaan Gabungan Penilaian Kinerja Irigasi Kementerian Pekerjaan Umum dan Perumahan Rakyat (PUPR) Tahun 2017

Daerah irigasi (D.I.) Cikeusik dibangun pada tahun 1883 dan mulai beroperasi pada tahun 1884, namun saat ini sudah tidak beroperasi secara optimum. D.I. Cikeusik terletak di Kecamatan Cikeusik, Kabupaten Pandeglang, Provinsi Banten. Sektor pertanian yang terdapat di daerah tersebut memiliki potensi yang sangat baik. Kecamatan Cikeusik mempunyai lahan pertanian seluas 650 ha. Jaringan irigasi di D.I. Cikeusik mencakup jaringan irigasi teknis yang memiliki sembilan buah pintu sadap. Saat ini irigasi Cikeusik mengalami perubahan dalam pemasokan air ke petak tersier, air yang dipasok tidak tercukupi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi kinerja D.I. Cikeusik. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah menggunakan petunjuk pelaksanaan gabungan penilaian kinerja sistem irigasi utama dan tersier kementerian PUPR 2017. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Nilai Kinerja Sistem Irigasi (NKSI) sebesar 64.86% termasuk kategori kinerja irigasi masih kurang.

Irrigation Maintenance Priority Analysis (Case Study: Irrigation Areas in Salatiga City)

The absence of a standard reference and limited funds for determining the classification of irrigation maintenance and rehabilitation activities in the Salatiga become an important research nowadays. Budget funds for 14 irrigation areas come different sources. Those funds are limited only to support the maintenance activities, while the rehabilitation activities rely on funds from the provincial and central governments that are not easily to be approved. Therefore, it is necessary to analyse the classification and the priority of irrigation activities. In this research, the grouping analysis employs two assessment criterias, namely; physical condition of irrigation networks and irrigation performance indices. Assessment of irrigation performance indices according to PU Minister’s Regulation Number 32/PRT/M/2007 is for technical irrigation status, therefore it is necessary to identify adjustments to existing conditions. The priority analysis of irrigation maintenance activities in this research uses Analytical Network Process (ANP) method. The criterias that are investigated are irrigation performance indices, area width, irrigation status, estimated cost and distance of warehouse to intake. In this research, 4 groups of identifying the classification of irrigation status, i.e. i) technical irrigation, ii) semi-technical irrigation with weir main building, iii) semi-technical irrigation with spring pond main building and iv) simple irrigation, are used. The results of the grouping analysis showed that 11 irrigation areas are included in irrigation maintenance activities. The results of the priority analysis of irrigation maintenance activities from the first to the last priority are; Kedungkopyah, Cengek, Kedawung, Andong, Banyuputih, Siluwing, Sijamban, Bonorejo, Siandran, Sijambe, and Plampeyan. By determining the priority of irrigation maintenance, the budget allocation will be more targetted.

Studi Empiris pada Pola Sumber Dana untuk Pembiayaan Usahatani Padi di Sumatera Selatan

Hamzah et al, 2018. Empirical Study on the Pattern of Funding Sources for Rice Farming in South Sumatra. JLSO 7(2): The objective of the study was to identify the source and size of the financing portion of the rice farming from the loan and the terms and the interest rate charged. The interviews were conducted on 75 samples of rice farmers whose farming costs were partly derived from loans at three different land ecosystems in South Sumatra Province. The three types of ecosystems viz., tidal swamp land, technical irrigation, and swamp land were used in the study. The results showed that there were seven financing sources that farmers used for fulfill their production cost if they not enough capital. Middlemen was biggest source with a portion of 45.28% and their own costs of 43.52, the rest is relatively small comes from money lenders, families, rice milling units, cooperative and friends. The interest rate charged varies from 3% to 50% per planting season. The lowest interest rate on lending money was to cooperatives and middlemen. However, if farmers borrow from middlemen, they must sell their rice to them. The highest interest rate from money lenders is 50%. All loans were being paid at after harvested time. Only borrow to families and friends were not charged interest and other terms. Farmers were forced to use non-formal lending institutions because banks located far away and they were afraid to come to the bank. It is suggested to reduce the dependence of rice farmers on non-formal lending institutions through developing a more effective agricultural cooperative.

Guidance of Farmers in Performing Integrated Combation of Pests in the Technical Irrigation Area in South Sulawesi

This study aims to find: training models, teaching materials, and methods for socializing and implementing models that can be a reference used to train farmers to carry out integrated pest control (IPM) as an effort to increase production and sustainable income in technical irrigation areas. Research location in the technical irrigation area of South Sulawesi Province. Research respondents were selected by purposive method, as many as 300 people. The research variables are: training model, teaching material, socialization method, and application of integrated pest control model. Data collection is done by giving questionnaires to respondents. Validation of models and teaching materials is carried out by relevant experts. The data analysis technique used is descriptive qualitative analysis. The results of the study are: Integrated pest control training model in technical irrigation areas, consisting of seven steps, namely: 1) needs analysis, 2) determining teaching material, 3) formulating objectives, 4) developing and validating materials, 5) preparing tests, 6) carry out training, and 7) conduct an evaluation.

Improving Soil Fertilizer Through Application of Organic Fertilizer Humid Acid and Mikoriza in Supporting Growth and Production of Chilli Plants In Sand Land

Availability of agricultural land has decreased, especially fertile rice fields and potential with technical irrigation caused by the use of land into non-agricultural land. Therefore, it is necessary to expand the area of agriculture by utilizing marginal land such as sand land. The purpose of this study is to get the best treatment combination of organic fertilizer, humic acid and mycorrhiza to support the growth and production of chili on sand land. This research activity was carried out in May to November 2018 in the greenhouse, Plant laboratory of the State Polytechnic of Jember, East Java at an altitude of 90 m above sea level. The research design used in this study was a non factorial complete randomized block design with twelve treatment combinations of doses from organic fertilizer, humic acid and mycorrhizae with three replications. Data from observations were analyzed by variance analysis with SAS version 9.0 software. If there is a real effect from treatment, the results are further tested using Duncan multiple range test at the level of 5%. The experimental results show that application of combination of organic fertilizer + humic acid + mycorrhizae can increase plant growth at 14 days to 35 days after planting. The best growth results of the best plants were found in organic fertilizer at a dose of 20 tons / ha + humic acid with a concentration of 200 ppm + mycorrhizae with a dose of 30 g/plant.

Sustainability status of integrated rice-corn and beef cattle farming agriculture business in Jember regency

The research was aimed to analyze the sustainability status of a particular form of integrated agriculture business system namely rice-corn pattern planting with beef cattle breeding. The selection of research location was done based on the Multistage Sampling Method, and Purpose Sampling Method. Jember Regency was selected as the research location, because information obtained from the preliminary survey shows that paddy fields with technical irrigation system were common in Jember Regency and thus several planting patterns can be used in a particular year, namely: Rice - Corn planting pattern. In addition, farmers are also used to breed cattle especially beef cattle as an additional activity to their main farming business. Data analysis was conducted using Sustainability Analysis with MDS Rap-SISPOTTA. Based on five sustainability dimensions used here namely ecological, economic, technology and infrastructure, sociocultural, as well as legal and institutional; results were obtained indicating that an integrated beef cattle and crops agriculture business system in the studied region has a sustainability index of 44.0. It indicates that the integrated agriculture business implemented is still less sustainable dimensions with the lowest index of sustainability and thus must seriously be given attention are technology and infrastructure, as well as legal and institution.

Model Optimasi Pola Tanam Polikultur di Daerah Irigasi KAJAR 2C Kota Malang

Daerah Irigasi Kajar (DI) Kajar 2C merupakan jaringan irigasi di Kota Malang dengan luas areal sawah 21,61 Ha. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memaksimalkan pendapatan petani dari jenis tanaman lokal yang biasa dikembangkan, yaitu padi dan palawija (jagung, ubi kayu, dan kacang tanah). Metode optimasi yang digunakan yaitu menggunakan program linier melalui model matematis dengan bantuan solver dari software Microsoft Excel. Skenario optimasi pola tanam terdiri dari 3 alternatif, yaitu: (1) Padi/Padi/Padi; (2) Padi/Padi/Jagung-Kacang Tanah; dan (3) Ubi Kayu-Kacang Tanah/Jagung/Jagung. Masing-masing alternatif pola tanam disimulasikan dengan awal tanam Oktober I, Oktober II, dan Oktober III. Berdasarkan hasil optimasi, keuntungan tertinggi diperoleh dengan menerapkan pola tanam polikultur X5 seluas 7,203 Ha; X6 seluas 10,78 Ha; dan X8 seluas 3,627 Ha. Total keuntungan maksimal yang diberikan adalah sebesar Rp. 146.888.280

Análisis de la eficiencia productiva del cultivo de alfalfa mediante regresión logística de datos categóricos en el Distrito de Riego 05-Delicias, Chihuahua, México

Introducción: La alfalfa es la leguminosa más utilizada en la alimentación del ganado a nivel mundial, su alto valor nutritivo, principalmente por su contenido de proteína, lo hacen un ingrediente atractivo para su inclusión en la dieta. El Estado de Chihuahua es el principal productor de alfalfa en México y el Distrito de Riego 05-Delicias ocupa el segundo lugar en la producción de alfalfa de los distritos de riego en el país, con el 18% la producción, pues este cultivo llega a cubrir casi la mitad de su superficie. El objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar el impacto de cuatro factores de producción sobre la eficiencia productiva del cultivo y generar información de utilidad para la toma de decisiones de productores y autoridades.Método: En este estudio se seleccionaron cuatro variables predictoras (factores de producción) en escala dicotómica: Tenencia de la tierra, Propiedad del predio, Maquinaria especializada y Riego tecnificado, para determinar su efecto sobre la eficiencia productiva en el cultivo de alfalfa como variable de respuesta. Para determinar el mejor ajuste del modelo se recurrió al método de selección de variables por pasos hacia atrás (backward), los datos se analizaron bajo un modelo de Regresión Logística utilizando el procedimiento CATMOD del paquete SAS 9.4 y mediante contrastes para la determinación de los efectos de los factores en las interacciones significativas.Resultados: Se encontró efecto significativo de la triple interacción Propiedad-Maquinaria especializada-Riego tecnificado, así como, en general, de los efectos principales Maquinaria especializada y Riego tecnificado. Al determinar, mediante contrastes, los efectos de las variables dentro de la triple interacción, sobresalió el impacto potencial que produce la existencia de Maquinaria especializada-Riego tecnificado en conjunto, cuando se cuenta con la propiedad del predio con un valor tasa de momios de 16 (número de veces en que se incrementa la probabilidad potencial de alcanzar la eficiencia productiva con estos factores de producción); seguido del efecto de la Maquinaria especializada cuando se tiene la Propiedad, con una tasa de momios de 13.56; y el efecto del Riego tecnificado, cuando se tiene la Propiedad del predio con una tasa de momios de 8.0.Discusión o Conclusión: La eficiencia productiva del cultivo de alfalfa se explicó de manera significativa por la triple interacción de las variables Propiedad-Maquinaria especializada-Riego tecnificado. Se presentó el máximo efecto cuando se es propietario del predio por el efecto conjunto de Maquinaria especializada-Riego tecnificado. La interacción Maquinaria especializada-Riego tecnificado muestra efecto significativo, pero su impacto fue menor cuando no se es propietario del predio.

OPTIMIZATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF SYSTEM IRRIGATION FOR IMPROVING AGRICULTURAL RESULTS IN CEPU-BLORA

<em>The results showed that 9 (nine) villages implemented technical irrigation by utilizing underground water as irrigation network in each plot of farmer land there was one village applying an irrigation network of open tapping channel from the river.The results showed that there were 8 (eight) villages with rain-fed irrigation system. Farmers harvested in Cepu from 17 villages on average of 2.35 tons in 2015 and 2.33 in 2016 average land area of 0.5 ha. Types of irrigation networks covered by 0.42 m3 / min average water discharge able to win the average land of 0.5 ha for 40 hours (two days) of water flowing into rice fields, planting pattern with SRI method applying 2/10 to achieve optimal and efficient results water usage</em>

PENENTUAN LAHAN PERTANIAN PANGAN BERKELANJUTAN (LP2B) KOMODITI PADI SAWAH DI KABUPATEN DHARMASRAYA

This research have purpose to got information and about 1) Determination of Agricultural Land Sustainable Food (ALSF) at Dharmasraya .2) Distribution land of Determination of Agricultural Land Sustainable Food (ALSF) at Dharmasraya. This research is quantitatif descriptive approach, sampling technique is done by total sampling. By making the whole area in the Dharmasraya regency as samples. The data which used is secondary data obained from related institutions in this research is using methode of overlay and logic Boolean. The results of this research Determination of Agricultural Land Sustainable Food (ALSF) at Dharmasraya indicated that the land which can be recommended area potential land for agricultural landuse is type of wetlands in Dharmasraya regency is the land which has a (number) deemed for land characteristics that a total of 10 types of characteristics. The criteria of land characteristics is land with few rough material, the rocks in surface few till medium, rainfall (Q) which 0<Q<60, good drainage, the small level of erosion, the level of inundation: none, small, medium, and heavely, diverse organic content, the dept of soil is quite middle and deep, the soil acidity quite acid to quite alkhalis (5,6-8,5 Ph), slope <8, and both rock a well. Determination of Agricultural Land Sustainable Food (ALSF) at Dharmasraya regency also supported by basic infrastructure such as land located in the area of technical irrigation. Distribution land of Determination of Agricultural Land Sustainable Food (ALSF) at Dharmasraya regency with a total area of 4.123 hectares. Spread on the several subdistrict at Dharmasraya regency area of such as Timpeh subdistrict area of 1.717 Ha, Pulau Punjung subdistrict area of 760 Ha, Koto Salak subdistrict area of 36 Ha, Sitiung subdistrict area of 749 Ha, and Koto Baru subdistrict area of 861 Ha.