Land Suitability and Farmer Perception on Maize Cultivation in Limboto Basin Gorontalo
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2013
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Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pertanian
Abstract
Agropolitan program, leads by increasing maize production, has been promoted in Gorontalo. Such
effort requires, among others, study on spatial land suitability. The objectives of this study were to determine land
suitability for maize in Limboto Basin and to spatially present the quality of land units to the plant (maize) requirements.
Farmer perception on maize cultivation is also generated. Standard field and laboratory procedures have been
performed to characterize land suitability for maize. Besides, geographical information system has been employed
to delineated the spatial availability. Among 35,594 ha evaluated area in Limboto Basin Gorontalo, 21,233 ha is
categorized as fairly suitable for maize while 14,361 ha is classified as marginally suitable for maize. Majority of the
observed farmers were in favor to cultivate maize on their farmland.