The Suggest of Rubber Crops Cultivation Development Zonation at West Bandung Regency

• Published in: IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 286; no. 1; pp. 12029 - 12038
• Main Authors: Arrasyid, R, Rohmat, D, Jupri, Himayah, S, Affriani, A R, Ridwana, R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.06.2019
• Subjects: Crops; Cultivation; Geographic information systems; Map interpretation; Remote sensing; Rubber; Water availability; Zonation
• ISSN: 1755-1307; 1755-1315
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/286/1/012029

This research aims to obtain an overview of the physical conditions that supported the rubber crops cultivation development, and extent the overview of potential rubber crops cultivation development suggestion at West Bandung district. The method which used in this research is survey. This research uses primary and secondary data. The primary data are observation and measurement of physical condition at 39 sample points. The secondary data was obtained from map interpretation, review of various document and literature which are related with this research. The data was analyzed using Geographic Information System. The results indicate that the physical condition at West Bandung district became the supporting capacity of rubber crops cultivation development. The affecting conditions are climate, slope, water availability, condition and type of the soil. The results were presented in maps. The rubber crops cultivation development was suggested to the 21234,728 Ha (16.26%) of West Bandung district. The conclusion of this research is the physical conditions affect the potential development of rubber crop cultivation in West Bandung district. That potential rubber crop cultivation can provide an overview of what potential things can be developed to realize the welfare of society, in order to improve the standart of living society income.