Land Use Directions for Land Conservation in The Rain Shadow Area of the Mount Agung-Bali

The objectives of this study were to 1) evaluate and map the distribution of land potential on the marginal slopes of Mount Agung through the land capability evaluation mechanism; 2) evaluate and map land suitability classes through a land suitability evaluation mechanism; 3) identify the suitability of land use in the study area; 3) evaluating the suitability of land use with land capability classes and area function criteria; The long-term goal to be achieved is to increase the production of food crops for food security and reduce the rate of land degradation through conservation efforts on the slopes of Mount Agung. Identification of land suitability for food crops refers to the guidelines for the Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No.79 /OT.140 / 8/2013. Land use suitability is determined by comparing the land capability class with existing land use, referring to the Minister of Environment Regulation Number 17 of 2009. Land use suitability criteria are high (if the conformity is> 75%), moderate (if the conformity is 40-75%), and low (if the conformity is <40%). The criteria refer to the Regulation of the Director General of Forestry Number P.04 / V-Set / 2009. The results obtained from this study are the land capacity in the research area ranging from class III to class VI scattered in each land units in accordance with the land capability map produced in this study.