The Dynamics Of Rice Field Conversion Into Settlement In The District Of Bandung

Abstract

Bandung District as one of the rice-producing areas in West Java has a strong interest in maintaining rice field. However, the land conversion of rice field in the Bandung District continues to occur with various factors. This study aims to identify the elements that make up the structure of the phenomenon and the linkages between these elements which lead to the conversion of rice fields and recommend some policy alternatives that are useful for efforts to control the conversion of rice field. In order to achieve the stated goals, this study uses system dynamics which is one method of thinking system that could see the integral part of various aspects and structurally enable to explain the phenomenon of land conversion occurence. This study determines 4 scenarios consists of a basic scenario, rice field cropping intensity scenarios (RFCI), necessity standard of land settlement scenarios (NSLS), and food diversification scenarios (FD). The final result of this study states that the necessity standard of land settlement scenarios resulted in a decrease in the rate of land conversion is smaller and the rice stock inventory is more stable compared to other scenarios. Under these conditions, policies that support the above scenario should be established, namely the policy of land-saving settlement development and establishment of sustainable rice field.