Determining Suitable Area for Dairy Farm Using Model Builder (Case Study: Lombok Island)

Abstract

The consumption of milk in Indonesia is high, but yet milk products are not produced in high enough quantities. The difficulty to increase milk product is that local dairy cattle production is very low caused by breeding and management factors. The other important factor is that the location of dairy cattle farm was not determined correctly because dairy cattle are sensitive animal to environment. In other wise, 98% dairy cattle were distributed in Java. Geographic Information System (GIS) is the forms of information technology that have been increasingly used in agricultural technology. The objective of this study is to mapping the suitable area for dairy cattle farm from available data in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. We used digital elevation model (DEM), slope, landuse map, ArcGIS desktop, and Model Builder in this study. The model for determining suitable area of dairy cattle farms was used the formula based on some factors that affecting the growth of dairy cattle. The proportion of elevation is the most criteria, because it’s affecting almost the suitable area for dairy farm and related to temperature and humidity. We conclude that it is possible to develop dairy farm in Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara based on some factors that influence the growth of dairy farm using model builder.