Assessment of Agricultural Production in Dry Season in Nganjuk District, East Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Grain production in dry season is still important for regional sustainable development in Indooesia. Java is the main production area for grain in Indonesia, where 53 percent of paddy and 55 perceot of corn from eacb total production are produced [3]. In the loog term from environmental perspective, agriculture in Java must be conserved for sustainable food security in Indooesia. For that purpose, improvements in land use and water management are needed. Nganjuk District lies in Brantas basin at Widas sub-basin. lo Nganjuk area, there are 3 planting season, wet season (WS, November-February), fIrst dry season (DSI, March-June), and second dry season (DS2, July-October). Paddy fields are cultivated in WS and DSI. Sugar cane cultivated in WS, DS I, and DS2. Secondary crops (com, soybean, red onioo, chilies, melons and vegetables) are cultivated in DS I and DS2. An objectives of this paper is spatial assessment of agricultural production in secood dry season. Especially, land use and irrigation wells density was analyzed by GIS to get spatial distribution.