Research Article
Sustainable Food Agriculture Land Protection Strategy: a Case Study in Pantai Labu Sub-District, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatera Province
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.2-12-2021.2320304, author={Nawang Wulan and Jelly Leviza and Mazdalifah Mazdalifah}, title={Sustainable Food Agriculture Land Protection Strategy: a Case Study in Pantai Labu Sub-District, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatera Province}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd Universitas Kuningan International Conference on System, Engineering, and Technology, UNISET 2021, 2 December 2021, Kuningan, West Java, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={UNISET}, year={2022}, month={8}, keywords={land use conversion; swot analysis; protection strategy}, doi={10.4108/eai.2-12-2021.2320304} }- Nawang Wulan
Jelly Leviza
Mazdalifah Mazdalifah
Year: 2022
Sustainable Food Agriculture Land Protection Strategy: a Case Study in Pantai Labu Sub-District, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatera Province
UNISET
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.2-12-2021.2320304
Abstract
The agricultural land conversion phenomenon becomes a challenge in itself to embody a sustainable agricultural development, especially related to strengthening food security. Deli Serdang Regency as one of the rice production centers in North Sumatra Province is inseparable from the practice of land conversion, marked by a decrease in the agricultural land area, especially in the Pantai Labu Sub-district. This study aims to obtain the concept of sustainable food agricultural land protection which is necessary to anticipate the increasing conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural land in Pantai Labu Sub-District, Deli Serdang Regency. The applied research method is a qualitative method, and the formulation of a protection strategy is performed using SWOT analysis. Based on the results of the study, a sustainable food agricultural land protection strategy wasn’t only achievable from a juridical aspect but could also be supported by non-juridical strengthening of the strategy based on the SWOT analysis results by identifying internal and external factors. The obtained formulation of the strategies included the development of agricultural land based on the Regional Spatial Planning policy in order to create upstream-downstream synergies starting from the government, farmers, to the community and the preparation of convenient trade and distribution channels for farmers to be able to sell their agricultural products with good quality and price.