The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors Againts Land Conversion Plant Cultivation Pattern in Jambi Province

This study aims to analyze the impact of changes in social and economic factors against the land area of some crops cultivation in Jambi Province and identify patterns of land conversion between various crops cultivated in the province of Jambi. To answer the purpose in the study used an econometric model Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) model consists of 12 equations with 11 equations and one equation behavior identity and includes 12 endogenous variables and 23 exogenous variables. The results showed that the changes that occurred in the area of food crops is more influenced by economic factors (commodity prices, share food subsector) and growth as well as population density, with a tendency to decrease each year. Changes in the plantation area was more influenced by the structure of the economy (commodity prices, share the agricultural sector, share plantation subsector, GDP per capita, economic growth) and social factors (labor, density and population growth) with a tendency to increase every year except coconut. The pattern of land conversion of cultivated plants in Jambi Province, namely changes in land use patterns of cultivation of food crops into cash crops, the expansion of oil palm and rubber plantations. The expansion of oil palm plantations and rubber led to the depletion of land available for food crops, especially rice (paddy rice and paddy fields) that interfere with food security