Evaluation Of Soil Conditions In Various Types Of Land Use Of Situ Ciseupan Area, Cisurupan, Mountain Papandayan, Garut, West Jawa

• Main Author: Mawaddah Tasyarini, Aulia
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/35913
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Forest is a unity of area or land which contains living natural resources in the form of tree domination that complements the environment. Changes in the function of forests into non-forest areas such as settlements, agricultural areas and plantations can affect soil quality. Land use change like that happened in Situ Ciseupan, Mount Papandayan, Garut. The area was originally a forest that has now been converted into non-forest land in the form of agricultural areas. This study aims to evaluate the soil condition on the parameters of soil physical, chemical and biological properties for determine the soil fertility status in Situ Ciseupan, Mount Papandayan, Garut. Sampling was carried out in three different types of land use, namely cultivation sites, forest stand sites and open land sites with repetition twice. The soil samples were analyzed and determined their fertility status refers to the criteria of soil fertility from the Soil Research Center 1995. The results showed that the physical condition of the land in the three research areas was classified as solid, the soil organic content in the three research areas was classified as high and the biological soil found in the three research areas was classified as high. Based on the soil fertility status, cultivated land and forest stands are high, while in open land classified as medium.