Abstract:
One of the common problems with peatlands is the infertile nature of the soil,
therefore, farmers need to possess adequate knowledge on land evaluation
techniques within a limited period to grow crops in this region optimally.
Therefore, this research aims to design and build a computerized system to
evaluate the suitability of land for rice cultivation by using the matching method
based on FAO guidelines. This study develops a web application that enables
users to store the various characteristics of the land and easily output suitable
information with limiting factors. A total of 14 data inputs with 22 land
characteristics parameters were used in the system trial phase. The result
showed that the system testing results when compared with the manual
calculations, obtained a 92.86% level of accuracy. Therefore, further research is
needed on the use of the application on land suitability evaluation for growing
other types of crops apart from lowland rice. In addition, the input parameters can
be adjusted based on future land suitability evaluations, with the system
developed to evaluate the criteria and pave the way for future research
developmKEYWORDS
land evaluation, land evaluation web system, web-based matchingent in the field.