Maluku is one of the provinces of the eastern part of Indonesia, consisting of 11 regencies. The Maluku branch of Statistics Indonesia reported in 2018 that in 2013-2018 the number of poor people in Maluku's rural areas increased by 1,970. Concurrently, the number of poor people in urban areas decreased by around 6,070 people. This fact showed that development in Maluku Province hadn't been implemented effectively and equally. This study aimed to determine the development priority in Maluku Province using the Analytical Hierarchy Process method. The determination of priorities was based on three aspects in the human development index concept, namely education, health, and economy. Data from Statistics Indonesia on life expectancy, mean years of schooling, expected years of schooling, and per capita expenditure were the indicators were used as the indicators in this study. The results showed that there were 10 regencies with a high level of priority, with the exception being Ambon City, which had a low-level priority. Classification of regencies showed that there was a disparity between them. These findings can help to inform future development designs in Maluku Province.

Sangiran Site is dominated by rainfed field. Climate parameters, especially rain intensity affects crop patterns. Farmers strongly depend on rain intensity to support productivity thus they need climate-based crop patterns. Sangiran Site is prone to drought hazard since the region has a limited access to groundwater, which is henced by deep well in the region. Drought becomes the main threat to agriculture within Sangiran. This study aims to analyse meteorological drought and crop pattern determination using the SPI and the Oldeman classification respectively. Rainfall data is derived from multi temporal CHIRPS data. A monthly time series with thirty consecutive years (1988–2017) was used to calculate the annual SPI. The annual SPI help to determine crop patterns which is suitable for the region. The results of the study show that angiran Site has monsoonal rainfall with one peak of dry season, and one peak of wet season. Rainfed field is at the highest risk when drought lasts for above four months. Climate based crop patterns with the Oldeman classification indicate that Sangiran Site is classified into type C2 which is adequate for two times palawija crops and one time paddy crops.