Research article

FACTORS CAUSED FOR RICE LAND CONVERSION IN TANAH DATAR REGENCY – INDONESIA

Ratna Wilis1, Eri Barlian2, Nurhasan Syah3

Online First: November 15, 2022


Population growth is a challenge for the government in terms of providing food to meet the needs of the community in the future. Expansion of agricultural area and increase in productivity is needed due to rapid population growth and increasing food demand. The purpose of this study is what factors are the cause of the conversion of paddy fields in Tanah Datar Regency. The research population of all converted paddy fields in the Tanah Datar Regency area. The sample taken was 147 respondents who had converted land and spread across all existing sub-Sub-districts. To analyze these factors using a quantitative method using multiple linear analyses using the SPPS application. The results of the study two factors cause the conversion of paddy fields, namely; income factor and land area. The income factor (X₄) has a negative effect of -8.233 on the addition of converted land area, with sig t -0.05. This means that every reduction in income will increase the area of converted land. The land area factor (X₆) has a positive effect on the addition of a converted land area of 0.194 (sig t<0.05). This means that each addition of one unit of land area percentage will increase the converted paddy field area.

Keywords

income, land area, rice field, conversion