Enhancing Farmer’s Well Being Through the Agriculture Land Provisions in West Nusa Tenggara

Abstract

<p><em>While carrying out its essential duties to provide adequate foods for people, the agriculture sector is facing sustainability issues. The study presents a case study of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), whereby an increase of urban expansion activities has begun to create a centrifugal force to the province that is popularly called as the granary of Indonesia. Urban settlements slowly leapfrogged to the outskirts and reduced the size of prime agricultural lands. Moreover, existing planning policies were unable to control the situation and many farmers leave their jobs because the setback of farmers wellbeing. The size of agricultural land is highly influential towards farmer motivation to stay engaged in the farming sector. Applying qualitative methods, this study examined the minimum area of agriculture land (focusing on paddy field) to promote farmer’s well-being following three steps of the analytical framework: total agricultural production estimation, the average well-being estimation, and the prediction of minimum land provision for the average well-being. After all, one of the key important findings reveals that</em><em> </em><em>the average of minimum agricultural land to ensure famers wellbeing for the whole NTB Province is </em><em>0.74 Ha.</em> <em></em></p>

Perubahan penggunaan lahan dan dan pola spasial tutupan lahan di sekitar Kawasan Industri Purwosuman, Sragen

“…Pada kawasan industri akan terjadi peningkatan kepadatan penduduk, penyempitan lahan pertanian sebagai dampak dari konversi lahan dalam pembangunan industri dan sarana penunjangnya, karena untuk memenuhi kebutuhan penduduk yang terus meningkat mengakibatkan berkurangnya kegiatan ekonomi pedesaan yang bergerak pada bidang pertanian [4]. Perkembangan industri yang diiringi dengan adanya urbanisasi di kawasan pedesaan mengakibatkan terjadinya perubahan penggunaan lahan pertanian menjadi guna lahan perkotaan [5,6]. Perkembangan industri dalam suatu wilayah juga mengakibatkan terjadinya peningkatan lahan terbangun yang mengubah lahan pertanian menjadi lahan terbangun dan mengakibatkan terjadinya perubahan intensitas pemanfaatan lahan [7].…”