Spatial Modeling for Selection of Agricultural Potential Site

Abstract

The agricultural potency of Sigi Regency, Central Sulawesi, mainly consists of two types of commodities, cultivated plants, and non-food products, which are potentially developed to achieve optimal situation. Crops will support food necessity internally, i.e., local area or support inter-regional trading. Development of agriculture plays the role of material either for internal trading or export material. Potential land resources and commodity being the necessary information needed in agricultural planning. This research put forward the concept of agriculturally based on the land system and soil physical information at Sigi Regency, within 527,513 ha of area coverage. Visual interpretation from remote sensing image performed to obtain physical land data. Then, it will be integrated with land-use and land-system information for spatial analysis using Geographic Information System (GIS). Spatial data of agriculture resources potency compiled to obtain the availability of potential location at Sigi Regency including the referral became the purpose of this research. Classification of potential agriculture land reveals the potential of wetland is 45,500 ha, 21,350 ha of dry land, 93,000 ha of plantation land area, and forest area 343,400 ha.