Spatial Method to Find Agricultural Fields in Semarang | Chapter 6 | Emerging Issues in Environment, Geography and Earth Science Vol. 3

 This study aims to find acceptable agricultural fields to support the increasing population in Semarang. GIS (terrestrial information method), a spatial approach plan technique, is an appropriate form for finding a appropriate agricultural site. Data resources in GIS software, that is to say ArcGIS, were accessible news on farmer society, position of roads, rivers, houses, slopes, and available lands. The news was obtained from the municipality. In this project, several stages were captured. First, the number of farmers in each community was compared, and two acceptable districts (Mijen and Tugu) were preferred. Second, the length of waterways and the amount of cultivated and not cultivated land in these two selected localities were compared to decide the most appropriate district. Finally, the amount of uncultivated land in a picked district (Mijen) was calculated and assessed established distance from a river, parking lot, number of dwellings, structures, and slope. In conclusion, skilled was an appropriate quantity of potential land in Mijen, Semarang, at about 287.8 hectares. However, there was a need to assemble an irrigation scheme in the district center and a highway to the north of Mijen to support available water and transportation for new named agricultural extents. The findings display that Mijen can produce over 1,500 tonnes of grain grain every growing season in this place 287.8 ha of suitable land.

Author(s) Details:

Edi Wiraguna,
Technology and Management of Plantation Production, College of Vocational Studies, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia and Production Technology and Development of Agricultural Communities, College of Vocational Studies, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia and Centre for Agrarian Studies, IPB

Ade Astri Muliasari,
Technology and Management of Plantation Production, College of Vocational Studies, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia.

Widya Hasian Situmeang,
Production Technology and Development of Agricultural Communities, College of Vocational Studies, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia.

Agief Julio Pratama,
Production Technology and Development of Agricultural Communities, College of Vocational Studies, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia and Centre for Agrarian Studies, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia.

Wempy Sem Tandungan,
Technology and Management of Plantation Production, College of Vocational Studies, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia.

Yahya Muhaimin,
Technology and Management of Plantation Production, College of Vocational Studies, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia.

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