Analytical hierarchy process for land suitability analysis

Abstract

In the Agricultural Development Zone in East Kalimantan, inefficient land use is continuing to occur. Many of land utility planned by individual or by group of local farmers still using traditional way, in identification of suitable crops for their farm. The method used is based on their experience and their ancestor guidance. It is important to formulate scientific method that can help to recommend suitable crops for specific land in order to help reduce inefficient use of land used for farming. This study introduce the concept of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in analytical study of land suitability, thus can help decision-makers to determine suitable crops for certain area. Using AHP to determine the best crop from four alternatives that used in this study, the result obtained from this study has shown that Cassava is the most suitable crop for the farm land that analyzed in this study, followed by Soybean on the second place.