Land Capability Evaluation in the Caldera of Mount Batur-Bali

Abstract

. The purpose of this study was to map and evaluate the distribution of land capability of the Mount Batur Caldera by applying land evaluation; The main objective of this research is to increase food security and reduce the rate of land degradation in the Mount Batur Caldera. The method used is grouping land into units and assessing its characteristics and quality. The guidelines referred to are Minister of Environment Regulation No. 17 of 2009. The map of land units is made with basic data in the form of Landsat 8 images and a Digital Earth Map of Indonesia by applying the working principles of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The software for image processing is ER Mapper, while for mapping and database creation using ArcGIS. Determination of area function criteria refers to the guidelines of the Decree of the Minister of Agriculture Number 837/Kpts/Um/11/1980 and Number: 683/Kpts/Um/8/1981. The results obtained from this study are the land capacity in the research area ranging from class IV to class VIII which is spread over each land unit according to the land capability map produced in this study. Land capability consists of eight classes. Class I is the class most cultivated for agriculture and non-agriculture. In the research area, land that can be cultivated is class I to IV. Other classes cannot be used.