Analysis of land resources balance in Nusa Tenggara Timur Province

Abstract

Land is an abiotic component that plays a role in providing space for human activity. Land utilization and land use will always be related to population development. If the population continues to grow, the need for land will continue to increase which means the population pressure on the land will also increase, while the land has limited properties. Nusa Tenggara Timur province is a province that has a population of about 4.3 million people with a total area of approximately 4.9 million hectares of which 1.7 million hectares are forests. This research is conducted with the aim of knowing and analyzing land-based resource balance of land resources in the province of East Nusa Tenggara so that it can be concluded about the supporting power of land in East Nusa Tenggara province. The balance of land resources in 2007-2012 and 2013-2017 showed that there was a reduction in an agricultural land area of 11,162 Ha, while non-agricultural land increased by 9,962 Ha. Agricultural land is reduced in the form of plantation land, while the increase in the field of rice fields, moor, and fields. The support of East Nusa Tenggara province has decreased by 0.01 annually due to increasing population. Urban areas such as Kupang City have a lower value for land capacity (DDL) than rural areas.

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“…Fast conversion of agricultural land created agricultural land ownership decreased to only 0.89 ha/household in 2013 or even less than 0.5 ha particularly in Java (13). In East Nusa Tenggara (ENT) province, agricultural land decreased 11,162 ha by comparing data 2007 -2022 and 2013-2017 (14). The small land ownership of rice farm make the use of rice farming inputs were less efficient and to rice production is less competitive to other crops (15), and rice farming is no longer attractive for young generations (16,17), expansion or increasing the size of rice land is crucial to increase rice production and make rice farming more attractive as Rosyda et al (10) in their research in Java Island come into one conclusion that "land and intermediate inputs were the factor inputs that significantly increased technical efficiency".…”

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“…Rapid conversion of agricultural land has resulted agricultural land ownership decreasing to only 0.89 ha/household in 2013, and even less than 0.5 ha in some areas, e.g., Java [16]. In East Nusa Tenggara (ENT) province, agricultural land has decreased by 11,162 ha comparing data from 2007-2022 and 2013-2017 [17]. The reduced land ownership coinciding with rice farming results in less efficient farming and less competitive production compared to other crops [18]; rice farming is no longer attractive for younger generations [19,20].…”