Determination of land conservation policy using the analytical hierarchy process method in Weninggalih Village, Jonggol District, Bogor Regency, West Java

Abstract

Weninggalih Village is one of the villages that experiences repeated droughts every year and the conversion of land functions into built areas, this has an impact on the decline in village rice production. While most of the land cover in Weninggalih Village is rice fields. This study aims to determine the land conservation policy in Weninggalih Village, Jonggol District, Bogor Regency, and West Java. The survey method was used to collect data from the field. The sample was determined by proportional sampling as many as thirty farmer households. The Analytical Hierarchy Process method was used to determine the appropriate land conservation policy for farmer households in Weninggalih Village. Based on the results of the study, it is known that those that influence land conservation policies are education, farming experience, conservation attitudes, expansion education, and cost sharing. The land in Weninggalih Village requires land conservation considering that the physical condition of the village land tends to be dry, based on observations. Land conservation policy efforts can be used as material for consideration in planning appropriate land use.